True, but I think the easiest way to change a password is just to enter the terminal and
#passwd username
(where username is the username that you want to change.)
Then you simple enter the...
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True, but I think the easiest way to change a password is just to enter the terminal and
#passwd username
(where username is the username that you want to change.)
Then you simple enter the...
Thanks for this tutorial
This is exactly what I placed on my current machine:
edited the last line of /etc/bash.bashrc with
fortune -s | cowsay -n -f tux.cow
and edited the text intro in /etc/motd
and produced...
By the way if you want to jazz up your login screen even more, add cowsay before fortune.
# apt-get install cowsay
Then edit /etc/bash.bashrc again by adding
cowsay 'howdy'
on the line above...
Getting bored with the same dull login terminal when you do remote administration to your Hoary Ubuntu Linux computer? I figured out how to jazz it up some.
First, you should find an interesting...
Good point. One advantage (there are many) of UNIX/BSD/Linux distributions is you do NOT have to reboot for most changes. However, in this case, after apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop gdm was no longer...
No problem
When I first tried to convert from Ubuntu with Gnome to Kubuntu with KDE, the KDE would not set up correctly. I always got the Gnome desktop. Of course, never using KDE before, I did not realize...
Thanks. I didn't notice that. I must have been "spacedout"! I edited it with the space in case anyone tries to copy paste .. instead of type.
Concerning head vs cat, I prefer head in general...
What shakin says is true. Those are all good tools.
However, they are not installed out of the box with Hoary. They can be installed manually... and with apt-get.... such as apt-get install iftop...
Just a quick emphasis that I also recommend that you modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf rather than destroy hdparm. ... better results without the negative of not having hdparm
Worked great. Thanks
Iao V, only use the best:
OpenBSD for webserver
Ubuntu Linux for desktop applications
Windows for Solitare
To install Clam Antivirus:
sudo apt-get install clamav
(Providing that your /etc/apt/sources.list file is up to date, you will get a good recent version of Clam antivirus installed on your...
Concerning your request, I have a tutorial at http://home.cvc.org/ac/learningUNIX.htm
First, you need to install the latest versions of putty and WinSCP for your windows computer. You can...
So your computer is going really slow and you don't know who the resource hog is.
Try this.
Open a terminal window.
Type top
The "top" application will ouput to your monitor the current...
As a tanget to this, here is something fun you can do...
From a networked computer, logon to your ubuntu computer where a friend is.
Move a wav file that you made saying something like "What are...
By the way, there is no such thing as stupid questions.
That is correct if your Windows is on NTFS. You can read from it however. You can partition your drive to run Windows XP and NTFS. However, personally, I prefer one OS to one box. I like to...
ctrl-alt-F1 (or F2-F6) switch to terminal
ctrl-alt-F7 switch back to Gnome
If you can't hear sound coming from your Ubuntu Linux computer, you might wonder if the problem is a hardware problem (the sound card) a kernal problem (perhaps a bad kernal driver) or a software...
The problem with using ssh to log onto Ubuntu servers lies not really with the out of the box Ubuntu settings but with older versions of putty and WinSCP. I have over 400 computers on our network....
Thanks. I corrected the keyboard error.
Finding out system information on Ubuntu Linux
In order to get system navigation, change your login from user to root. On Ubuntu Linux type
$ sudo –s –H
You will be prompted for a password....
I see what you are saying. Basically, if it is not necessary, dont change your sshd_config. With some machines on my network to work, I had to make those changes. However, they were not running the...