Re: Reading Linux files from Windows?

2012-01-12 Thread Lewis Handy
> > > I'm wondering if there is any Windows application that allows one > to read and write files on a Fedora partition? > (As of course one can do in the opposite direction.) > > ext2ifs is what I use on any dual boot systems I have -- users mailing list users@lists.fe

Re: Purpose of /etc/passwd- and /etc/shadow- ?

2012-01-12 Thread Lewis Handy
> > adding a new user with "useradd ..." will create two additional files > never removed: > > /etc/passwd- and /etc/shadow- > > Question: are these files only created for backup purposes, or is there > another reason for this? > > > Looking at a system I have recently added users to the /ect/passw

Re: Help requested: Dosemu/Dosbox

2011-09-12 Thread Lewis Handy
On 12 September 2011 10:12, Sanjay Arora wrote: > Hello all > > I have an old xbase/clipper program that I need to run on Linux. Tried it > some time ago on Dosemu on CentOS. Need to run it on Fedora now as the new > hardware does not load CentOS. > > Found that Dosemu is missing from Fedora 15 a