Super User Weekly Newsletter - Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Top new questions this week: Save the output of command in file MS-DOS 1.x It seems that [COMMAND]>[FILE] does not work in the early versions of MS-DOS. I am using MS-DOS 1.25 and the above expression gives the statement invalid argument. Update:Since it is true that it ... virtualbox virtual-machine terminal redirection ms-dos   asked by Blake 25 votes answered by strangeqargo 1 vote How are source ports determined and how can I force it to use a specific port When I connect to https://www.google.co.uk this changes to 216.58.198.228:443. Then a connection to me opens on [My IP Address]:63998. My question is how is 63998 port choosen and is there a way of ... networking port tcp   asked by TheGathron 14 votes answered by DavidPostill 25 votes Is PermitRootLogin based on UID or user name? The man page states that PermitRootLogin Specifies whether root can log in using ssh(1). However, it is not clear if this check is based on the user name ("root") or the UID (0). What happens ... ssh openssh root   asked by ge0rg 14 votes answered by mtak 14 votes How do I remove the background from an image? I have a logo here my logo and I'd like to get rid of that yellow-ish background once and for all and perhaps even change the whole logo to black instead of green. is there a way to accomplish ... gimp image-editing microsoft-paint   asked by timoseewho 12 votes answered by jcbermu 21 votes Bash prompt to change color when I am logged into a server Is there a way to make the bash prompt dynamic, so that it changes color when logged into a server? So I want the like the color to be green when on my system and change to red when connected to ... bash shell colors bashrc   asked by nitins 9 votes answered by ilkkachu 6 votes How to remove trailing characters in filenames in Bash? I have a bunch of media files like those below: tvshow.s01e11]Bloodlines.avi tvshow.s01e12]suffer.avi tvshow.s01e13]NotMe.avi I would like to rename them to tvshow.s01e11.avi tvshow.s01e12.avi ... linux bash rename   asked by Widgeteye 9 votes answered by LvxOne 8 votes What does the first dash mean in an ls -l output? From the bash man pages about viewing permissions with ls: User ls output Owner -rwx------ Group ----rwx--- Other -------rwx That makes sense, but what is the first - used for then? Its ... bash permissions ls   asked by David Grinberg 5 votes answered by Steven 5 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How to bring back Photo Viewer in Windows 10? In Windows 10, when opening images, it gives me the option to open in the Photos metro app, Paint, or GIMP. I'd like it to open in Photo Viewer, but when I directed "Open with" to PhotoViewer.dll in ... windows-10 windows-photo-viewer   asked by Irastris 53 votes answered by Flitskikker 49 votes How to fix the wrong number of unread emails flag in Outlook 2013? I have an annoying problem in Outlook 2013. My inbox is flagged with "1" unread message, but this is not the case. Even when I empty my inbox folder, this bold "1" stays next to my folder, new as it ... microsoft-outlook   asked by Pierre 101 votes answered by Deqing 152 votes Can you answer these? "The stub received bad data" explanation I have this message pop up in Windows 7 sometimes. When it pops up is not relevant because I'm not seeking a solution. I am 90% sure I know what is causing this message to pop up. However, I am not ... windows-7 windows   asked by Jerry Hundric 2 votes Enabling systemd service with preseed I'm trying to enable serial-getty@ttyS0.service to output getty to serial console as well as tty0. I have tried running systemctl enable serial-getty@ttyS0 but I suspect that systemd might not be ... linux debian preseed   asked by granra 1 vote PXE boot fails over to preinstalled GRUB without error message I am following this guide to boot up a minimal arch linux image via PXE. My system has an ASUS F2A85V motherboard. When selecting the PXE boot in the boot menu, I get following output: >>Start ... linux boot arch-linux bootloader pxe   asked by Nobody 1 vote

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