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AIX Linux Permissions Problems and Solution of CHMOD 0

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Destination Host Unreachable

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Creating associative or hash arrays in bash using sed and strings without the use of arrays, looping and conditionals.

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Fedora 10+: UI video / graphics problems upon reboot to Fedora 10+. Graphics are unreadable.

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Graphics and Video: Changing the graphics/video resolution with xrandr

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