i have a hacking attack on my server where some one tried to implement shell and scripts,
also in a directory he placed a symbolic link to my root. i tried to remove it with rm directotyname but it gave me :
> rm directotyname
rm: cannot remove directory `directotyname': Is a directory
how can i remove the symbolic link and make sure it will not happen again ?
I have udev rules that creates a directory for each usb-media that is plugged into my debian to automount usb-media. This directory where mount-points (the mount-directories) are created is passed through a rdp-connection with rdesktop. On our terminalserver there's a drive Z that shows all mount-points with content of usb-media.When users remove usb-media, udev unmounts usb-media and tries to delete the directory that was used to mount usb-media.If the users hasn't closed explorer showing any subfolder of usb-media, the unmount-command succeeds but the rmdir-command fails because the ressource is "busy or used".My question: how can I force to delete this mountpoint? (rmdir doesn't have force and rm -rf doesn't work)Edit: I should add, that I can't use third-party software or additional packages because the linux-machine is a thin-client with very low disk-space.
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How do I remove the noexec from the tmp directory, temporarily?
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Now I want to find {using grep command}a certain word in that folder/directory and delete it in all the files and scripts that have it.
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I have a WD external disk, NTFS file system. I mounted it on my Red Hat. While on the external disk, I deleted a directory, which was sent to .Trash-root of that disk.I went to .Trash-root and did rm -rf to completely delete that directory, but I got the following error: cannot remove `<directory>': Input/output errorWhen I do ls -la on that directory that I wish to remove, it shows me it has 0 files inside. But not only I can't remove it, I can't do anything else with it (copy, etc). And I have all the rights on that directory, so this isn't the problem.
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each directories have index.html file now i want to replace the index.html file alone from the other directory /var/tmp/vhosbak
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How we can do this using script?
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View 3 Replies View RelatedFor no known reason there are a few subdirectories added to my Gnome - Locations - menu.
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client2% rsync files server:backup
etc
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I installed pure-ftpd over ubuntu 10.04.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI am a student studying computer science course.
Well, I am facing problem when doing lab questions.
I must use DLXLinux bundled in Bochs (bochs.sourceforge.net).
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Look at my screenshot at [url].
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI've just installed Ubuntu 10.04, trying out linux for the first time. I'm wondering if it's possible to link my documents folder in Ubuntu to my documents folder in Windows, so that when I open the folder in Ubuntu, I am linked to the folder in Windows.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'd like to mount the directory /var/www/mysite to the directory /home/daniel/mysite, but also have the user of the mounted files mapped from the original user (www-data) to my own user (daniel). So that the file /var/www/mysite/index.php who's user is www-data will appear in the mounted directory as /home/daniel/mysite/index.php and be owned by daniel - and alternatively, if I create a file /home/daniel/mysite/test.php with my own user, it will be created in the original directory under the user www-data Is it possible? If not, what alternatives do I have so I can use an IDE and still make sure all the files belong to the HTTP server's user?
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