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USB works on Windows, but "unknown partition table" in Linux
We just bought a brand new Kingston USB drive, and works in Windows. But when I put in Linux box (specifically BusyBox), it failed to detect the partition table.
Message:
[1281146.061161] usb 1-1: ...
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Why is sudo accepting hashed password?
I'm using buildroot to generate a BusyBox based Linux and recently added sudo.
At first it would not accept my password ("user") so on a whim I used su to switch to the root user, copied the ...
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Busybox execs says libc.so can't be found
I'm making some Busybox/Linux operating system. It works with static busybox version, initramfs and sysroot have the same stuff except the init script. The one from initramfs sets PATH and mount /sys, ...
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restoring symlinks for transferred cygwin system
I backed up a portable cygwin installation the old way: in a simple tarball with tar -cvf cygwin; then I tried to restore it on a portable hard drive the old way: with a simple tar -xvf cygwin. The ...
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The keyboard does not work in Midnight Commander running on a remote computer via SSH
This is my first post on super user. I'm having a weird problem with Midnight Commander running remotely via SSH. The problem is that none of the keys work after running the mc via SSH running in the ...
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busybox crond avoids concurrent processes for first 10 minutes?
I have a script that's executed every minute by cron in an Alpine container. Said script may run for long time, which is why it handles locking itself.
Just now I noticed the busybox' crond avoids ...
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busybox man pages paths
Is there a standard path where BusyBox searches for man pages? I remember having read something about this, but I can't find where it was. I am asking here and not in the unix/linux forum because I am ...
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Why does busybox ping expect root?
Why does busybox ping expect root?
$ ping dec.com -c1
PING dec.com (216.239.32.21) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from any-in-2015.1e100.net (216.239.32.21): icmp_seq=1 ttl=119 time=54.9 ms
--- dec....
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Linux System goes back to vendor's default config after reboot
I hope everyone is 0k.
I have embraced Linux systems for around 3-4 years now, I am not what you called an expert nor a rookie.
Anyway, I have a NAS device running BusyBox v1.20.2 - Linux version 3.2....
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How to remove Busybox after uninstalling Linux
After trying out linux for a week, I decided to switch back to Windows because of the apps I use daily.
Yesterday I decided to completely reinstall windows for whatever reason, and I noticed the linux ...
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Getting logger to log to rsyslog in alpine
I installed rsyslog on my Alpine-based system to replace busybox syslogd. After completely disabling syslogd in openrc, enabling ryslog at boot and rebooting, all services correctly started logging to ...
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How to wipe my hard drive on busybox? Messed up trying to install galliumOS with unetBootIn,
So, I am using my school computer to make my flash drive bootable so I can install galliumOS on my personal computer which is a chromebook. I used unetBootIn to make my flash drive live and it ended ...
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ZFS modules suddenly stopped loading - Debian 10
My ZFS modules have mysteriously stopped loading at the point during boot when you would usually unlock the pool with encrypted ZFS on root (Debian 10). It drops into busybox and suggests loading the ...
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Let ash pick up /home/user/.profile when invoked as non-interactive shell
I have an Alpine-based container that offers sshd for an account user. The container's /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys invokes a specific command:
command="ash -lc /usr/local/bin/command.sh" ...
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Possibly broken WAN port: how to verify and how to work around?
Is it possible to say for sure if the WAN port is dead? The green LED blinking is inconsistent and happens while connection and some time after, for me it looks like working.
The context: when I ...
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unable to boot due to moved root directory
I'm currently running ParrotOS in VMWare Workstations 15 Player. Running uname -r returns 5.5.0-1parrot1-amd64.
I was testing some py code that managed files in a subDirectory under ~/Downloads/htb/...
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Oldest file in directory tree matching pattern
I'm looking for a good portable way of finding the oldest file in a directory tree matching a pattern, explicitly without using find's -printf option.
So far I found this solution: https://superuser....
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View long output in initramfs busybox shell
My Ubuntu is dropping to an initramfs shell on boot. I'm trying to diagnose the problem but some of the commands are producing results that flow out the top of the screen.
I tried less but that's not ...
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loop through a list without array in shell
I'm trying to write a short shell script to loop through a list (given by a certain command I run) line by line and push values to CSV file
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aaa bbb ccc ddd eee fff
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shell script loop through list line by line
I'm trying to write a short shell script to loop through a list (given by a certain command I run) line by line and push values to CSV file
list for example:
aaa bbb ccc ddd eee fff
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"Access Denied" as root
I have connected to my wireless router via telnet as root. It runs on linux kernel and has busybox.
/ # cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.4.110 (root@A23176683) (gcc version 4.7.2 (Buildroot 2013.02) ...
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Installing tarballs on Busybox
I want to preface this with I am new to Linux. I am trying to install some libraries (and a program that depends on them) on an embedded Linux server running Busybox v1.20.2. I am not able to run ./...
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Allowing internet access overt ppp0 from eth2
So i'm trying to set up access over a hotspot to internet via a ppp0 interface (similar to a 4g dongle).
I've setup the default route with highest priority (Metric 1) for ppp0.
Set all iptable ...
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how to update Busybox commands by modifying /lib and /bin directly?
I am developing on a router from Advantech that has manufacturer's firmware built with BusyBox and LTIB. It's built with bare minimum commands, and I want to extend the commands to meet some needs. ...
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terminal freeze after reboot command
In my customized embedded linux kernel 4.x.x, when reboot command(implemented in busy box) is given, it freezes the console/terminal and hangs. however linux is still accessible from other terminals.
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How to Add Something Extra to a Busybox System?
So suppose that I have Busybox installed on an embedded device (e.g a router) and need to add something extra to it (a package). Now suppose that now I need to install a package to it besides using ...
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Truncate short day names in variable
I have a variable with short day names, it can be in any order, with less or more week days, always comma separated like this:
days='Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun'
How can I cut the last letter from each ...
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Yocto Build Error
I am building images(yocto,bitbake,busybox) for two differnt karo SOM's. Both of the configuration files are the same (including my own software)
One build fails during the QA portion of the build ...
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Bash scripting: how to iterate through all drives?
I have buildroot readonly bootable image, which is normally loaded via TFTP in PXE enviroment. Filesystem in unpacked into ram and remounted as rw. And accidentally I wished to boot it from a USB ...
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No file sourced in non-login shells
In login shells, no problem : /etc/profile and ~/.profile are sourced. But in non-login shells (xterm in XOrg), they aren't. The $HOME variable isn't even set.
I'm using Fluxbox and the Bourne shell (...
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Boot automatically into Debian instead of busybox/initrd?
I'm using an old TS-7500 (https://www.embeddedarm.com/products/TS-7500) rugged platform for a home automation project (it was a freebie from my college) and I want to get the platform to boot into the ...
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Extract line from file in .tar.bz2 Archive
I'd like to use stdin/stdout on a single line to display the version from a file within a .tar.bz2 archive without affecting the existing archive or leaving any temporary files behind. The file only ...
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Busybox filter string list
Consider I have a list like this:
list='item1.service item2.service item3.target item4.service'
I need to filter this list to get something as:
item1 item2 item4
So, there are two things to notice:...
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Busybox Recursive Non-Overwriting File Copy?
How do I do a recursive file copy to copy any missing files without overwriting? (Busybox cp has no -n option and no rsync.)
The line below would be fine if the overwrite n response was automatically ...
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Parsing JSON with BusyBox tools
I have a POSIX-compatible install script which determines the latest version of some software by grepping info from a json blob retrieved from a software registry:
meta=$(wget -qO - https://registry....
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Instal and setup IKEv2/IPsec on WD PR4100
I have a WD PR4100 NAS and would like to set up a IKEv2/IPsec VPN tunnel. Currently, I am using OpenVPN as it is installed.
I believe the system is BusyBox based. Any suggestions on how to install ...
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moving files and folders to a subfolder
I would like to move all files and folder from one directory to one of its subfolders. How do I do that?
I am using BusyBox and linux.
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move all files and folder in /my/path/ to /my/path/...
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How to configure a listening-only NTP client?
I'm creating an advertisement display, based on RaspberryPi (no real time clock present) and piCore, which is busybox-based tinycorelinux. It will be behind a firewall, and even within its own network ...
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Do scripts 'block' when executed from rcS?
I'm using Busybox (ash), which at startup runs rcS, which in turn executes, in numerical order, all the S?? scripts in /etc/init.d
Does this script wait for completion before execution the next? Or ...
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IF block statement in inside an execlineb script
I have a Docker Container based on Alpine which runs S6 Overlay to manage two services inside it (a music DB, and a web interface to manage it). The problem is that the second service is optional, and ...
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Implement a reverse shell on busybox?
Scenario:
You telnet in, you double tab and find these are the available commands.
IPv6-relay ipaddr preinit
acl_logd iplink ps
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BUSYBOX: How do I check if I have a 32 or a 64 architecture?
I am on a Busybox and uname –a results: Linux 3.14.28-1.12 #1 SMP Thu Jun 15 08:53:06 CEST 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux. Is this a 32 bit architecture or how can I check it?
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Determine if a user exists on ESXi (Busybox)
I'm writing a shell script in which I need to check if a given user exists. On most Linux systems, I can use:
id -u ${USER} 2>&1 || die "User ${USER} not found"
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getent passwd ${USER} 2>...
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PPP: Modem hangup on IPCP negotiation
First of all, sorry for the question if it is obvious, I'm not very good at network configuration.
I'm currently trying to connect a Linux machine with Busybox through a modem to a cellular network (...
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busybox' udhcpc can not be killed
On an linux device using busybox I use the following /etc/network/interfaces
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# Wired interface eth0 is using dhcp, enabled while system start
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
pre-up [ -n "$(cat ...
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ubuntu boots into busybox tried one of the following but didn't work
right before it boots into busybox i caught this error error: failure reading sector 0xbffc from hd0 I tried one of your suggestions i typed root=/dev/sda1 but it still boots into busybox
I tried ...
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How do I use find and execute a command for each file in Bash shell?
I tried the following, which normally works in Bash:
root@nycmesh-eb94:/etc# find . -exec grep eth0 {}\;
find: -exec requires an argument
root@nycmesh-eb94:/etc# find . -exec 'grep eth0 {};'
find: -...
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Linux BusyBox files
Do someone know which is the file (and where is it located) that is executed when BusyBox is turned on ?
Also, which is the file (and again, where is it located) that is executed when you connect to ...
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Linux/BusyBox multimedia Server
I bought an EMTEC Movie Cube Q8000 some years ago. Now it has no use, and I have recently realize I can use it as multimedia server. It is a Linux/BusyBox system. I changed a file so now the NAS mode ...
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Debugging inetd issue on BusyBox
I'm having issues with connecting via FTP to an embedded ARM system running BusyBox on Linux 2.6.
When I try to initiate a session, inetd correctly spawns a ftpd process, but it does not respond to ...
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