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Jun 18, 2007 at 07:39 PM |
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# Find current java version
java -version
# Switch to default java:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
# Sync your date vith NTP (time) server
sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
# Restart network interfaces:
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
# Nautilus Advanced Permissions Dialog:
# To activate the dialog:
gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_advanced_permissions True
# To deactivate the dialog and revert to the default settings:
gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_advanced_permissions False
# ls = list command
sudo dmidecode
sudo lshw --> list hardware
sudo lspci --> list pci
sudo lsusb --> list usb devices
sudo lsof --> list open files ---> sudo lsof -i -l List of open network files
lshal --> list HAL ---> lshal | grep system.firmware.version (check your bios version)
lsmod--> list kernel modules that are loaded
# create TAR file:
tar -cvf mystuff.tar mystuff/
tar -czvf mystuff.tgz mystuff/
# Archive whole directory:
tar cvf archive.tar *
tar cvf archive.tar source_dir_name
# extracting TAR file:
tar -xvf mystuff.tar
tar -xzvf mystuff.tgz
# testing/viewing:
tar -tvf mystuff.tar
tar -tzvf mystuff.tgz
# Package sources file:
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
# update package database:
sudo apt-get update
# upgrade packages:
sudo apt-get upgrade
# Set the database password for the "root" database user (this is not the local machine's root account).
mysql -u root
You should get a welcome message and a MySQL prompt. Continue typing the following:
mysql> UPDATE
mysql.user
SET
Password=PASSWORD('your_new_password')
WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit
# Now we need to create a new database for Drupal. In this example we'll name the database "drupal".
mysqladmin -u root -p create drupal
# Create a symbolic link from /usr/share/drupal to that directory in our website's document root, /var/www:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/drupal /var/www/drupal
# Restart the web server:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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