To clarify, the thing that's unique about/tmp is the last step of your trick. You can't delete the file in/tmp after creating it, because only the owner of a file can delete a file in/tmp.
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The owner is set to root since the owner and permissions are determined by the underlying entry in the file system called an inode. In your example,/tmp/bash and/bin/bash are just file names that point to the same inode. This means the new link,/tmp/bash, gets the same permissions as the original link,/bin/bash, and changing the permissions on one changes the permissions on both.
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Firebug has a cool feature that lets you click on any element on the page, which shows you its position in the DOM, the associated styles and which style sheet they came from. You can edit any part of the document or the style sheet and see the changes in real time.
In Opera Developer Tools, you have to click on each node in the DOM down to the element you want, using only the tag name and its id. This takes six to ten clicks on most documents and you're doing it blind unless you know the page structure intimately. Once you get there all the properties are read-only.
Firebug also has a full debugger for JavaScript, including the ability to set breakpoints and step thru JavaScript source code, all without making any modifications to the web site (i.e. you can do it on any site, you don't need write access to the web server). There is no equivalent feature for Opera.
Yes, I'm spoiled by Firebug, but that doesn't make me a troll.
I just got modded a troll.
Please try Firebug and Opera Developer Tools and then make up your own mind.
Firebug has a cool feature that lets you click on any element on the page, which shows you its position in the DOM, the associated styles and which style sheet they came from. You can edit any part of the document or the style sheet and see the changes in real time.
In Opera Developer Tools, you have to click on each node in the DOM down to the element you want, using only the tag name and its id. This takes six to ten clicks on most documents and you're doing it blind unless you know the page structure intimately. Once you get there all the properties are read-only.
Firebug also has a full debugger for JavaScript, including the ability to set breakpoints and step thru JavaScript source code, all without making any modifications to the web site (i.e. you can do it on any site, you don't need write access to the web server). There is no equivalent feature for Opera.
Yes, I'm spoiled by Firebug, but that doesn't make me a troll.
I would happily use Pico or Nano, if only they had undo!
I also don't quite get the shortcuts (for example Ctrl+G = help, Ctrl+W = search), but I could quickly learn them.
I'm browsing at +3, and all the comments so far have been pro-free speech, and therefore in favor of the group remaining open.
I agree the original story was slanted the other way, but that's the way the stories are going lately with all the editorializing. I just read the headline, click the links and go straight to the comments.
The problem is not with NDRs. The problem is that their servers *accepted* the message that eventually had to be NDR'd in the first place, then after accepting responsibility, decided they didn't want that responsibility, so discarded mail that they promised they would deliver.
If you set up SPF (or some other form of server verification) and only send confirmation messages to addresses that pass, you can be almost certain you're not causing backscatter.
The unfortunate part is you don't get to verify senders for domains that don't use SPF, but it does provide a way for legitimate senders to avoid their message being filed as junk.
With modifications to Postfix you reject at SMTP level with instructions [to use TLS].
The problem with that is it causes a nerdy plain text message with the error message buried so deep down that no ordinary person can understand. Worse, the bounce message format is controlled by the sending server, so there's nothing you can do to improve the situation.
You can hope that the message will be read by a postmaster, but the kinds of domains that cause problems are also the least likely to read bounce messages or mail for postmaster.
Perhaps you're using an older version of the GTK library. Pidgin relies on GTK for theme support, so it's important you have the right version of that. (You would expect that newer versions have fewer bugs and better theme support.)
Try re-installing the latest version, and be sure to download the recommended version (pidgin.exe) rather than the lightweight version (pidgin-nogtk.exe).
If the sender is forging your From address, chances are they're not using your mail server. Most decent blacklists (e.g. SpamCop, Spamhaus) will blacklist the offending server's IP address, not your mail domain.
Consider implementing SPF (home pagewiki) so recipient mail servers can drop the message if it wasn't sent from a server authorized to send mail from your domain.
Most bounce messages will not include your outgoing server's signature. You can consider dropping those messages using the techniques described in the Postfix Backscatter Howto.
I think some geeks prefer language to be logical and uncomplicated and practice what they preach in the hope their preferred usage will catch on. Or maybe they just don't care because people still understand you if you say "less operating systems".
Why do we need the word "fewer" when we already have the word "less"? Isn't it a pointless distinction?
In Australia at least, records on the Virgin label are manufactured and distributed by EMI, so they include "copy protection" as well.
Virgin Records artist list.
The biggest names there include Ben Harper, Enigma, Gorillaz, Iggy Pop, Korn, Lenny Kravitz, Massive Attack, Meat Loaf, N.E.R.D., Placebo, Richard Ashcroft, and Robbie Williams.
Strangely however, some of the Australian bands on EMI don't use DRM on their CDs.
The wanted ones are usually shown in response to a user action, typically clicking on a button (onclick) or pressing Enter on a button (onkeypress). Think of a pop-up calendar widget that allows you to select a date, a pop-up print window, or a pop-up authentication dialog box. Unwanted ones are shown automatically, such as when the page is finished loading (onload).
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To clarify, the thing that's unique about /tmp is the last step of your trick. You can't delete the file in /tmp after creating it, because only the owner of a file can delete a file in /tmp.
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The owner is set to root since the owner and permissions are determined by the underlying entry in the file system called an inode. In your example, /tmp/bash and /bin/bash are just file names that point to the same inode. This means the new link, /tmp/bash, gets the same permissions as the original link, /bin/bash, and changing the permissions on one changes the permissions on both.
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Reposted with formatting...
I just got modded a troll.
Please try Firebug and Opera Developer Tools and then make up your own mind.
Firebug has a cool feature that lets you click on any element on the page, which shows you its position in the DOM, the associated styles and which style sheet they came from. You can edit any part of the document or the style sheet and see the changes in real time.
In Opera Developer Tools, you have to click on each node in the DOM down to the element you want, using only the tag name and its id. This takes six to ten clicks on most documents and you're doing it blind unless you know the page structure intimately. Once you get there all the properties are read-only.
Firebug also has a full debugger for JavaScript, including the ability to set breakpoints and step thru JavaScript source code, all without making any modifications to the web site (i.e. you can do it on any site, you don't need write access to the web server). There is no equivalent feature for Opera.
Yes, I'm spoiled by Firebug, but that doesn't make me a troll.
I just got modded a troll. Please try Firebug and Opera Developer Tools and then make up your own mind. Firebug has a cool feature that lets you click on any element on the page, which shows you its position in the DOM, the associated styles and which style sheet they came from. You can edit any part of the document or the style sheet and see the changes in real time. In Opera Developer Tools, you have to click on each node in the DOM down to the element you want, using only the tag name and its id. This takes six to ten clicks on most documents and you're doing it blind unless you know the page structure intimately. Once you get there all the properties are read-only. Firebug also has a full debugger for JavaScript, including the ability to set breakpoints and step thru JavaScript source code, all without making any modifications to the web site (i.e. you can do it on any site, you don't need write access to the web server). There is no equivalent feature for Opera. Yes, I'm spoiled by Firebug, but that doesn't make me a troll.
The Opera developer tools are so inferior to Firebug, it's not funny.
I would happily use Pico or Nano, if only they had undo! I also don't quite get the shortcuts (for example Ctrl+G = help, Ctrl+W = search), but I could quickly learn them.
I'm browsing at +3, and all the comments so far have been pro-free speech, and therefore in favor of the group remaining open. I agree the original story was slanted the other way, but that's the way the stories are going lately with all the editorializing. I just read the headline, click the links and go straight to the comments.
We're looking at you, qmail.
The universe doesn't care if we exist.
FreeBSD + Lighty + PostgreSQL + Ruby = FLPR = "Flipper"?
We should start using FF Mt, just in case.
Half Life was responsible for Web 2.0? Ha ha ha!
If you set up SPF (or some other form of server verification) and only send confirmation messages to addresses that pass, you can be almost certain you're not causing backscatter.
The unfortunate part is you don't get to verify senders for domains that don't use SPF, but it does provide a way for legitimate senders to avoid their message being filed as junk.
The problem with that is it causes a nerdy plain text message with the error message buried so deep down that no ordinary person can understand. Worse, the bounce message format is controlled by the sending server, so there's nothing you can do to improve the situation.
You can hope that the message will be read by a postmaster, but the kinds of domains that cause problems are also the least likely to read bounce messages or mail for postmaster.
There was some outcry when Opera recently decided to change its builtin search engine for its mobile browsers from Google to Yahoo.
The latest version of Gaim (called Pidgin) fits in really well on my Windows XP system. It looks right, whichever theme you're using.
Perhaps you're using an older version of the GTK library. Pidgin relies on GTK for theme support, so it's important you have the right version of that. (You would expect that newer versions have fewer bugs and better theme support.)
Try re-installing the latest version, and be sure to download the recommended version (pidgin.exe) rather than the lightweight version (pidgin-nogtk.exe).
That would have been interesting to see. :-)
If the sender is forging your From address, chances are they're not using your mail server. Most decent blacklists (e.g. SpamCop, Spamhaus) will blacklist the offending server's IP address, not your mail domain.
Consider implementing SPF (home page wiki) so recipient mail servers can drop the message if it wasn't sent from a server authorized to send mail from your domain.
Most bounce messages will not include your outgoing server's signature. You can consider dropping those messages using the techniques described in the Postfix Backscatter Howto.
I think some geeks prefer language to be logical and uncomplicated and practice what they preach in the hope their preferred usage will catch on. Or maybe they just don't care because people still understand you if you say "less operating systems".
Why do we need the word "fewer" when we already have the word "less"? Isn't it a pointless distinction?
How could you possibly get modded insightful for that rant?
You provided no details whatsoever.
In my experience, 1 (non-standard locations) is totally unfounded, and 2 last happened to me in Red Hat 8.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but there's no way to validate your claims.
One of the worst instances of this is where the browser is doing a DNS name lookup. Search Bugzilla for more details.
In Australia at least, records on the Virgin label are manufactured and distributed by EMI, so they include "copy protection" as well.
Virgin Records artist list.
The biggest names there include Ben Harper, Enigma, Gorillaz, Iggy Pop, Korn, Lenny Kravitz, Massive Attack, Meat Loaf, N.E.R.D., Placebo, Richard Ashcroft, and Robbie Williams.
Strangely however, some of the Australian bands on EMI don't use DRM on their CDs.
Off-shore wind farms are a key part of the solution to global warming according to George Monbiot's book Heat.
The wanted ones are usually shown in response to a user action, typically clicking on a button (onclick) or pressing Enter on a button (onkeypress). Think of a pop-up calendar widget that allows you to select a date, a pop-up print window, or a pop-up authentication dialog box. Unwanted ones are shown automatically, such as when the page is finished loading (onload).
A reduction in car travel doesn't necessarily mean a reduction in travel overall or a reduction in pollution.
Maybe people flew more last year?
What did you use it for before the change? To scroll up, to do something else, or did you accidentally press it?