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As I understand it - with mainstream distros - for anybody with an Nvidia card, dkms will attempt to automatically re-build the...

Yes, there is also a man shadow, but notice it says "library call" at the top. The passwd command calls the shadow library to encrypt...

I remember that after creating a file, I had reload the database before the file would definitely appear. Is there a file here that I...

Something you can try on the broken install is to switch to the nvidia-driver-470-server package, credit...

AFAIK, home directory will not be created automatically by adding a new user in /etc/passwd file. You can create it manually, or log in...

1. Do you mean password letters are not visible while typing? If yes, it's a simple security feature, stranger will not see your...

I was getting confused between passwd, to change a password, and cat /etc/passwd, to view user details. I think I understand the...

open crontab edit mode: crontab -e crontab works on everything, systemd or not, it's easy to add, and runs your scripts with user...

One more reason to stick to RESIST OS!

AI coding agents such as Claude code or Codex get more capable every month. This is great for productivity, but approving all commands...

1. Do you mean password letters are not visible while typing? If yes, it's a simple security feature, stranger will not see your...

AFAIK, home directory will not be created automatically by adding a new user in /etc/passwd file. You can create it manually, or log in...

I was following instructions in a course run by Jay LaCroix and created a user named ‘bob’. When I typed the command cat /etc/passwd...

I’m learning about users and groups. The presenter just discussed the Passwd and Shadow commands. I have two questions: 1) When using...