Questions tagged [multiuser]
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Linux Enabled Services only Run After killing 'multi-user.target'
I noticed that on my RHEL 7 server on GCP, my enabled services (such as the test.service) will only start if I kill the multi-user.target service using systemctl. Would there be any reason the multi-...
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Adding custom search engines to Firefox system-wide
On multi-user Debian systems with firefox-esr 128 I'd like to add search engines to the firefox search bar eg. stackexchange.
I know how to do it manually but I did not find a solution on how to pre-...
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Interruptible disk usage tallies for users?
I want to obtain, for every one of my system's users (or at least, every one with a home directory under /home), the amount of disk space their files use. I have root access, but - there are many ...
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Upgrade to custom kernel with no multiuser support
I am playing around with kernel customization on my headless Ubuntu Server system. Currently I have 6.8.0-48-generic kernel. My intention is to remove kernel features that I don't need. I decided to ...
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Starting user units from custom path
I have successfully enabled user units in RHEL 8 under ~/.config/systemd/user directory. Enabling linger also gives me the option to start the service without having to login. My question, is it ...
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Configure screen to have multiuser support
Following up on Sharing a terminal with multiple users (with screen or otherwise)
Same as the first comment, my screen complains about needing suid root, and
sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/screen
fixes that ...
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Turn on keyboard backlight from multi-user.target
Is there a way to turn on the keyboard backlight from the multi-user.target environment? As X11 is not loaded, the command xset led on does not work and gives xset: unable to open display ""....
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How to run a graphical application as another user?
Let's an user A (userA) wants to run in his graphical session a graphical application as user B (userB). How is it done it on a modern GNU/Linux system?
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Categorizing Debian Linux VPS
I like to Categorize or Divide one Debian VPS for different Tasks and Testing.
For Example two Apache Web Servers with no any connection between both. Something like installing apache2 web server only ...
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systemd resource control -- all users/root
I'm using Debian Bullseye with systemd 247. I have more than a hundred of users and I would like to enforce some limits using cgroups. I use set-property, which works as expected, for example for the ...
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How Does Unix Interpret $? [closed]
[orca@orcacomputers public_html]$ adduser Jé$$è+rèè
adduser: invalid user name 'Jé28956è+rèè'
I am unable to use $ when adding users in CentOS7. Karen goes "WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU DO THAT!?&...
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PulseAudio ignoring seat assignment when plugging in USB audio device
I'm trying to create a multiseat setup for two seats, with a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and USB soundcard for each seat. With my primary user logged in, I created a second seat with its own monitor, ...
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How do I keep track of when each user is actively using the GUI on Ubuntu?
I have a different user for each of my own work areas on my system. This is to keep bookmarks, files and other defaults separate.
Several "users" are generally logged in at once and I just ...
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mount.cifs not supporting 'multiuser'?
I was going to use the "multiuser" option for mount.cifs, but /var/log/messages reports:
kernel:CIFS: unknown mount option multiuser
Kernel is 2.6.18-433
mount.cifs is 1.12RH
I can't find ...
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How to run script when switching to specific (already logged in) user
There's plenty of info out there on how to run a script at login (add it to .xprofile etc.), but I'm looking for a solution that will run a script/command not just at login but also every time a ...
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