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Okuna<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> users seem to love their <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a>. Yesterday I installed <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> on an old Mac mini. Problem, as usual: <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drivers</span></a>. So I searched the web. <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/askubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askubuntu</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a>, … all the typical places. Lengthy articles, all starting with: sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade. <br>Sometimes I believe, when you ask a Linux specialists where to get a coffe you will get this answer too…. :-) SCNR<br>After some more digging and getting to used to the tools, I opened the update tool, additional drivers, found the missing <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Broadcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Broadcom</span></a>, clicked, waited. Done. No reboot. No Terminal.</p><p>Additionally: Yesterday I went to an <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Store" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Store</span></a> with a mac issue (old MBP Intel). Went there, 30 min later fixed at no cost.<br>Where would I bring my Linux computer? Need the internet. There: sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade …</p>
Loafer<p>What's the equivalent of the awesomebar in <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/awesomebar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>awesomebar</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/opentabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opentabs</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stackexchange</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://superuser.com/questions/1891223/whats-the-firefox-awesomebar-equivalent-in-vivaldi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">superuser.com/questions/189122</span><span class="invisible">3/whats-the-firefox-awesomebar-equivalent-in-vivaldi</span></a></p>
Loafer<p>Windows 10 Clock Alarm Timer doesn't seem to work after ticking for long periods of time?</p><p><a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stackexchange</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/clock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clock</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows10</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/timer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timer</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/TimerSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimerSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://superuser.com/questions/1889853/windows-10-windows-clock-alarm-timer-doesnt-seem-to-work-for-long-periods-of-t" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">superuser.com/questions/188985</span><span class="invisible">3/windows-10-windows-clock-alarm-timer-doesnt-seem-to-work-for-long-periods-of-t</span></a></p>
Preston Maness ☭<p>I got an email from "stackoverflowsurvey@gmail.com" about a Stack Overflow survey. Most of my participation on the Stack Exchange network is actually on SuperUser, but I figured my contributions might still be useful/relevant. I imagine the populations between the two are pretty similar. They were looking for users from the United States.</p><p>Info Sheet: <a href="http://tiny.cc/Sheet1233" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">tiny.cc/Sheet1233</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The Actual Survey: <a href="http://tiny.cc/Survey1233" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">tiny.cc/Survey1233</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I got nerd-sniped hard by what I considered to be (mostly) excellent questions surrounding DEI-type concerns. I ended up spending way longer than 15-30 minutes on them anyway. So... I'm dumping my responses here in a thread before going to bed for the night.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StackExchange</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StackOverflow</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SuperUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUser</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudo</span></a> 1.9.16p2 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUser</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivilegeAuthorization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivilegeAuthorization</span></a>) <a href="https://sudo.ws/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sudo.ws/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
#Pfleger aus #Münster🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🌈🌻<p><a href="https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Was-es-mit-dem-Windows-Konto-Administrator-wirklich-auf-sich-hat-9991463.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/ratgeber/Was-es-mit-d</span><span class="invisible">em-Windows-Konto-Administrator-wirklich-auf-sich-hat-9991463.html</span></a><br>🫣Was sagt die <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> Community?<br><a href="https://muenster.im/tags/Superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superuser</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heiseonline</span></a></span></p>
Script Kiddie<p>sudo open 🐧😜</p><p><a href="https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-1866-eb5d-675a-81a436654663" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-1</span><span class="invisible">866-eb5d-675a-81a436654663</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@wood5y" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wood5y</span></a></span> </p><p>This is a secret test to see how many people wince at "sudo su", isn't it?</p><p>And whether it exceeds the number of people wincing at the output of a WWW page GET being piped into a superuser shell?</p><p>(-:</p><p><a href="https://tty0.social/tags/sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sudo</span></a> <a href="https://tty0.social/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a></p>
Loafer<p>Is this ResetWindowsSearchBox.ps1 the same as a Delete and Rebuild Index in Indexing Options? <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/pwrsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pwrsh</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/powershell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powershell</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stackexchange</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a>.db</p><p><a href="https://superuser.com/questions/1847354/is-this-resetwindowssearchbox-ps1-the-same-as-a-delete-and-rebuild-index-in-inde" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">superuser.com/questions/184735</span><span class="invisible">4/is-this-resetwindowssearchbox-ps1-the-same-as-a-delete-and-rebuild-index-in-inde</span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudo</span></a> 1.9.15p4 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUser</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivilegeAuthorization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivilegeAuthorization</span></a>) <a href="https://sudo.ws/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sudo.ws/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Juan-Pablo Paredes 🌀💻🐧<p>Así perdieron Adán y Eva su inocencia <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/root" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>root</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sudo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chmod777" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chmod777</span></a> 👦 👧 🐍 💻</p>
Dragons8mycat<p>Learned this morning that if a <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/postgres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postgres</span></a> user compromises their password, if you aren't a <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a>, you can't change their password for them....</p><p>...but they can change their own password in <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/pgAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pgAdmin</span></a>!!</p>
OSTechNix<p>How To Find All Sudo Users In Linux $sudo <a href="https://floss.social/tags/sudouser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sudouser</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linuxhowto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxhowto</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linuxadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxadmin</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linuxusermanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxusermanagement</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> <br><a href="https://ostechnix.com/find-sudo-users-linux-system/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ostechnix.com/find-sudo-users-</span><span class="invisible">linux-system/</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firmware</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vulnerabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerabilities</span></a> in millions of computers could give <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> status | Ars Technica</p><p>BMCs give near-total control over entire fleets of servers. What happens when they're hacked?</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/07/millions-of-servers-inside-data-centers-imperiled-by-flaws-in-ami-bmc-firmware/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2023/</span><span class="invisible">07/millions-of-servers-inside-data-centers-imperiled-by-flaws-in-ami-bmc-firmware/</span></a></p>
Fossery Tech :debian2: :krita:<p>I use doas btw</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/doas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sudo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linuxmeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmeme</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linuxmemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmemes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fosserytech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fosserytech</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@wood5y" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wood5y</span></a></span> </p><p>A su - man rather than a sudo -s, or doas -s, man, I see. (-:</p><p><a href="https://tty0.social/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> <a href="https://tty0.social/tags/su" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>su</span></a> <a href="https://tty0.social/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a></p>
Kristian Ophaug-Vea 🌻🌍<p>I volunteered to be a <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/SuperUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUser</span></a>. I mean, how hard could it be? </p><p>We've talked about it in every dpt. meeting for over a year.</p><p>We've posted a steady stream of info and e-learning material to our internal platforms.</p><p>We've held workshops, Q&amp;As and training sessions.</p><p>We've written countless "heads up, this is happening!"-emails.</p><p>Today we did it: We've migrated. </p><p>First email of the day? "Ok, so what is <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/SharePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharePoint</span></a>?"</p><p>I do not envy people who work in <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a>. 🤣</p>
OSTechNix<p>How To Force Sudo Password Authentication In Linux <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudo</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SuperUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUser</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Sudopassword" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudopassword</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linuxtips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxtips</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linuxhowto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxhowto</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linuxcommands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxcommands</span></a> <br><a href="https://ostechnix.com/force-sudo-password-authentication-in-linux/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ostechnix.com/force-sudo-passw</span><span class="invisible">ord-authentication-in-linux/</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Linux Fu: Superpowers for Mere Mortals - You can hardly mention the sudo command without recalling the hilarious XKCD strip... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2021/07/26/linux-fu-superpowers-for-mere-mortals/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2021/07/26/linux-</span><span class="invisible">fu-superpowers-for-mere-mortals/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaycolumns</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linuxhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sudoers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sudoers</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/visudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visudo</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/root" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>root</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sudo</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/su" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>su</span></a></p>
Iutech<p>What are the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/uMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uMatrix</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NoScrpit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NoScrpit</span></a> settings necessary to be able to &quot;customize settings&quot; on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/stackoverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stackoverflow</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/askubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>askubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>superuser</span></a> and the like ?</p>