Is there a way to do an apt-get dist-upgrade in Debian that not only automatically answers "yes" to all questions asked, but also uses reasonable defaults as answers to questions that are sophistic...

What is the command to display a list of open ports on a Debian server? I tried netstat -a | egrep 'Proto|LISTEN' but I would like something more specific that actually lists the port number.

May 5, 2010 · How do I create a user with root privileges in Debian? Maybe it sounds a bit silly, but I don't think I need user directories, only some rights to run services (mainly web server, mysql, etc.).

How to install/change locale on Debian? Ask Question Asked 16 years, 5 months ago Modified 5 years, 3 months ago

Feb 19, 2019 · I have a Debian 8 server for a customer that is failing a PCI scan, presumably running: nmap -p 22 -sV customer.edu which returns 22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 6.7p1 Debian 5+deb8u7 This …

Note: later I plan to use iconv to convert the content of some files with something like this: iconv --from-code=ISO-8859-1 --to-code=UTF-8 iso.txt > utf.txt However I don't know of a good way to convert …

Aug 9, 2019 · I have a fresh installation of SELKS(Debian 9) and I configured the network manually, but I can not bring the interface eno1 UP. I get the error: RTNETLINK answers: File exists ifup: failed to br...

May 22, 2020 · E: The repository 'cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 10.4.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20200509-10:26] buster Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a …

As the root user, I can change the password: hussie:/home/claudiu# passwd Enter new password: Retype new password: passwd: password updated successfully As a non-root user I cannot: …

Try with apt-cache madison myPackage Quote from man page: It displays available versions of a package in a tabular format.