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Use this tag only if you are asking about User-Mode Linux (UML) virtualisation software. If you are asking about users and/or permissions, then use those tags.

User-Mode Linux (UML) is a GNU GPL-licenced virtualisation technology designed to allow running multiple Linux systems as virtual machines.

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How to correctly start a Ubuntu user-mode-linux from the command line

I have installed the package user-mode-linux for the UML kernel. I have built a user mode linux filesystem using the these commands I have even tried the Ubuntu filesystem from: http://fs.devloop.org.uk/ But it seems that I can not get a Ubuntu…
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User Mode Linux on ARM

I usually use UML but seems ARM architecture doesn't support it. Can I use UML on ARM? Before this I shared tiny servers with my friends. Now, I bought ARM based server. Anybody knows how to use UML on ARM based PC?
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usermod: cannot lock /etc/passwd

I get this massage: usermod: Permission denied. usermod: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later after trying to add myself to audio group by: usermod -a -G audio USERNAME. I would be grateful for any help.
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user-mode-linux on Xenial

Is the package user-mode-linux still available on 16.04 Xenial? I couldn't find it now, $ apt-cache search user-mode-linux user-mode-linux-doc
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changing username in ubuntu 18.04

My terminal reads xyz@Sam .I want to change it to some name say Ema . I tried usermod but everytime I get an error that this process is used by this process(some random four digit number ).
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How do I install bind on user mode linux?

I am trying to build a DNS simulation by using bind on several user mode linux (UML) instances on the same computer. I have UML installed and working, but I can't figure out how to install anything. I set up UML with this tutorial, using the…
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Rearding OpenSSL connection

Once i connect to a server using command Openssl s_client -quiet -connect ircs.overthewire. org:6697 What to do after I m connected It shows cursor on line in which I can type anything?
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Permission denied error while installing MATLAB 2017 a on ubuntu16.4

i tried to install MATLAB 2017a the first i used ./install and got permission denied error the next made super user and that error repeated again. This is whole of my installation process: reza@reza:~$ cd…
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Formatting broken HDD and reinstalling Ubuntu

I bought Dell Inspiron N5010 in 2011. In 2018, I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10. Since then, in Ubuntu, PC is heating up a lot and hence I used only Windows 10 all along. But in between I faced GRUB issues many times and fixed using fsck or…
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