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Hi everyone,

Can any one please explain how to interpret these output?

like what is total, what is 0 in it,

drqxr-xr-x
2,15,1,1,1,
root root,

Thank you. :)

Hi, Is it possible to create a Directory using mkdir and change its mode and user?

Will this work in ubuntu?


mkdir /data/misc/bluetoothd 0770 bluetooth bluetooth

Thanks in advance.

One more thing i have found is


id

This will give the uid of current user like



root@rraj-ubuntu:/home/rraj# id

Yes. All of this can be done, by visually checking.
That is by a human.
How can we automate it or tell the machine via a program or script?
Or I should inform the user, if they are root or a...

Hi, Thanks you all...

But my question is

"How can we find if we are being in root user mode?"

Hi All,

How can we find if we are being in root user mode?

What are the possible ways to determine this?
Like

1) find -name su

Please let me know.

When ever im trying to install something im getting the following dependency error




Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The...

The problem was My security updates were turned off. Once i enabled them, It worked like charm...

Thanks for astraljava of #ubuntu for the help.. :)

Hi ~!geek!~,
I dont see any broken packages to be fixed. Should i run

sudo apt-get --fix-missing apache2

By the way i tries tasksel also. The same happens there. It stops abruptly.

Dear friends, I am trying to install local wordpress in my ubuntu 10.10.So i need LAMP. During apache2 installation, the following is the issue. Hope some one can help me to solve this issue.
...

Sorry for wrong Section. But i hope some one can help me with this.

I am building vmlinux for my Sigma Design Board.

I have compiled the Kernel with Gcc Mips toolchain provided by codesourcery...

Is there any application available to monitor bandwidth of each application as we do with kaspersky in windows?

check out wine

Try Gwget


sudo apt-get install gwget

Another one is curl

[code]sudo apt-get install curl[/coode]

When ever windows is installed in any machine, it will over write the MBR with its own bootloader i believe. Please correct me if its wrong.

Install sysinfo and try this.This will give everything you need.

To install sysinfo


sysinfo


sudo apt-get install sysinfo

This should help you in detail

http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=HOW-TO_install_XBMC_for_Linux_on_Ubuntu_with_a_minimal_installation_step-by-step

Try with a sudo command.

Else Open nautilus in root mode
Type the following in window opened by Pressing Alt+F2 or type this in terminal


sudo nautilus

Now you should be capable of...

You can backup your system volume alone locally. Its will take at-most about 5-6 GiB.

Then you can restore it when required.

There are many tools available for this like rsync.

A small...

Go to

Places --> Home

in your main menu

Or if you want to open with root privileges then press Alt + F2 and type


sudo nautilus

Ctrl + o will make you save the file with a name in nano.

You can use gedit instead of nano if you feel GUI is more comfortable than CLI.

Try this


sudo gedit /home/karthik/.xsession
...

Thank you Regenweald. . Its solved my question :)

I always like to have my own customised window colours and theme ..

I feel it good when there is no need to make it freshly when ever i install a new system . .because its a bit tough to find the...

Check it here

System --> Preferences --> Main Menu.

You can customise your menu bar items here . .

It should help you