Questions tagged [settings]
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Is there a way to permanently set the font and window size in PuTTY?
When I log in with PuTTY, I always have to:
change settings
appearance
font
change
8
resize window
so that I can see enough text to work with the log files.
I don't see where I can save these settings to my saved session. Is this…
Edward Tanguay
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vsftpd - local_root=/var/www/sites/$USER doesn't get interpreted?
When I'm trying to connect to FTP server I get:
"500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/$USER/public_html"
when I do echo $USER - I get proper username
seems like $USER isn't interpreted inside my /etc/vsftpd.conf
when I remove…
Pawel
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Is there a tool to compare values in .ini files?
I'm looking for a file comparison utility specifically for .ini files, typically used as settings files.
There are plenty of file comparison tools (WinDiff, Beyond Compare, CompareIt, WinMerge, ...), but none of the tools I tried can handle .ini…
ssollinger
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What is the exhaustive list of command line shortcuts to Microsoft settings?
I've gotten quite used to typing compmgnt.msc or similar commands to bring up certain dialogs faster than it would take me to navigate to them. For this one in particular I just tap Start then r enter c o down-arrow enter. There's others I use too,…
dlamblin
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Is it possible to set vm.overcommit_memory =1 only for specific containers?
So, I'm running a container that is showing this in the log:
WARNING overcommit_memory is set to 0! Background save may fail under low memory condition. To fix this issue add 'vm.overcommit_memory = 1' to /etc/sysctl.conf and then reboot or run the…
J. Scott Elblein
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How do I disable remote printers using group policy
When I configure a new remote desktop connection to connect to servers I often forget to uncheck the option inside of local devices and resources for remote printers. This creates exceptions in the event log for the server I connect of source:…
Geoff Dalgas
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Why are my remote shells talking to me in Italian?
Of late I have noticed that many of the commands respond to me in foreign language. According to Google translate it is Italian.(See screenshot)
I have noticed that this happens to me only when I ssh to some remote system, as in this case. When I…
AppleGrew
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MPM Prefork, too many apache2 process?
I have this settings:
StartServers 5
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
ServerLimit 1250
MaxClients 1250
MaxRequestsPerChild 1500
Is possibile…
dynamic
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Restoring Printer Settings
We're trying to standardise our printing environment to provide consistent settings across our various print queues. To do this, we would like create a settings file per model of printer so that they can be used to quickly deploy new Windows print…
EddP
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Set default locale on linux server
How can I change linux default locale, so that all users and applications will have the same locale settings?
Br, Wolfy
Wolfy
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nginx: how to overwrite one directive
I'm trying to organize my vhost configs in several files, so that there is a view basic files / "templates" and the rest just include them and overwite settings as needed. Here is described, how the inheritance in nginx works. What I'd like to know,…
automatix
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How can I change the location of a virtual machine hard drive location?
I have created a windows server 2012 r2 server to be used as a domain controler
but I left the hard drive on the C: drive, instead of saving it with all other virtual machine stuff on the D: drive.
How can I change that?
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What is the complement to 'set' in EdgeOS? (How do I check a value in EdgeRouter?)
This question discusses how to set the gui and ssh listening addresses in EdgeOS running on an EdgeRouter. I'd like to check my current configuration before making a change, as well as learn the syntax for checking other settings in the…
user3.1415927
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What are the most useful "defaults"?
Mac OS X has a commandline tool called "defaults". It lets you set certain properties, for example:
enable the "Debug" menu in Safari:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
What is the most useful "hidden" "defaults write ..." command…
Kris
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Modifying HPE Proliant thermal settings
HPE states that from iLO 4 version 2.76 user can view and modify system thermal configuration settings using iLO interfaces. Finally! This is great feature for example those who have HPE incompatible drives. More details about this issue can be read…
