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SysAdmin Tip: user may alter root-owned files and directories

Here’s a friendly system administration tip, for Linux/FreeBSD/Unix-type systems: root-owned files and directories in a directory owned by a user can still be modified by the user.

The scenario usually presented is that the sys admin doesn’t want a user modifying a certain configuration file in the user’s home directory. Modifying is usually understood as [...]

Why is my Phone Vibrating?

On Blackberry phones, applications that provide notifications have two separate states in the notification profile: Phone in Holster Phone not in Holster

For whatever reason it appears all applications set the “Phone in Holster” notification state to “Vibrate.” Only a few applications provide an On Screen indication to accompany the notification. With N number applications [...]

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