File Permissions in Ubuntu
Ability to set file permissions for individual users or user-groups is one of the most sought after features of Linux. If you are system admin for a school, college or a company you work for then proper file permission setting is among the most vital tasks. The command used to modify file permissions is chmod, [...]
Magic SysRq Key
It doesn’t happen quite often but when it does – it’s a pain in the… Nevermind that, I am of course talking about system freezes on Linux. Freezes are rare but if you are like us and install, use and test beta versions of software or operating systems themselves, there is a significant chance you [...]
Using wget like a pro
Wget is a great tool to download files using Linux. There are certain… errr… occasions (Yeah, that’s it. You are right) when people want to download entire directories from websites and they are too lazy to go into each directory and download separate files. Fear not my friends, wget is here. You can use wget [...]
Synchronize Google Buzz with Twitter
Google Buzz took everyone by a storm. A small one at that, but people who frequently use GMail now had the ability to track their friends and follow their activity from within GMail. Google not only allowed feeds from its own services like Picasa, we can also get the updates from some approved services like [...]
Monitor Processes on your Linux with CLI
System Monitoring is one of the key factor to keep an eye on what’s really happening behind the scenes in your operating system. People who are very much interested in the system performance and optimization often tend to check the resource usage of various applications, components and other system related processes. There are many ways [...]
Setting Custom DNS In Linux
For all those unfortunate enough to have a very bad DNS from their service provider, the ability to set your own DNS is a must. Here I will be giving a short tutorial on how to set a DNS using network manager under gnome. What you need to do is :- Go to networkmanager -> [...]
How to insert Special Characters in Linux
Ever wanted to type some simple and very widely used characters other than the $ sign? A £ maybe? Or a ¢? Maybe you just wanted a © or ® symbol for your blog. This can be really painful under Linux as you will have to enter character map, or maybe copy the letter from [...]
Separating Sudoers History
Is there a way to seperate the history for all the admin user accounts who ultimately make use of the command ‘su’? Instead of having all the history dumped into a single history file, why not have multiple history files, each corresponding to the particular user in question? Using a simple bash script you can [...]
How to Hide Files in a Picture
Did you ever get into (a lot of) trouble because someone found some information on your computer they should not have? Want to hide sensitive information from spying eyes? Here’s the best way to deceive all such nosy people away. An image file like JPG is read from the beginning of the file and terminated [...]
How to Boot Multiple Linux Distributions From USB Drive
Some users expressed the need to boot multiple distributions from single USB drive upon reading the post about LIVE Ubuntu USB. To all of you, here is a way to boot into multiple ISO images from a single USB drive. One thing to remember here is, this method cannot create persistent distributions on the pendrive. [...]
