Commands using sudo

after kernel build with make deb-pkg, I like to install the 4 newest packages that exist in the directory. Beware: might be fewer for you....

From live CD mount(open) the Ubuntu installed drive.

Copy the location (press Ctrl+l, Ctrl+c ) eg: /media/ubuntuuuu

Open terminal (Apllication->accessories->terminal)

Type this:

sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/ubuntuuuu /dev/sda

(replace /media/ubuntuuuu with what u got (ie paste))

Will show success message. Now reboot

Discover host and url of media files (ex. flv, mp4, m4v..).

It locate the urls of audio and video files so that they can be recorded.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/38860/problems-with-my-bluetooth-indicator

Find which directories on your system contain a lot of files.

Edit: much shorter and betterer with -n switch.

Will run the script as root and exit if the wrong or no password is given. Also will keep the parameters active if any where given.

Place this code at the beginning of your script to ensure that it can only be executed by the root.

Removes all kernels and corresponding packages except of the one you're currently using.

Run this before you run a command in order to see what the command does as it starts.

The -c flag is useful here as the PID is unknown before startup.

All config files, libraries, logs, ports, etc used by the command as it starts up, (and shuts down) will be captured at 1s intervals and written to a file.

Useful for debugging etc.

Usage: VBoxBlockBoot [Virtual_Machine] [Block_device]

Eg: VBoxBlockBoot WinXP /dev/sdc

In another words

Where

vm --> Name of the virtual machine to start

usb --> Block device to use. (/dev/sdc)

This can used after setup up a boot loader on to my USB pen drive or HDD (After creating Live USB). Here root privilege is needed but not granted to Virtual Box. Thus we can access all our VM.( If we run VBox as root we can't access our VMs). Root privilege is used to

- Unmount the storage device

- Chmod to full access (777)

Requirements:-

1. Device information file (rawvmdk file) created by the following command. Need to run only once. Not bad to run many.

2. Root privilege to umount & chmod

3. Real storage medium (ie /dev/*) (Non-virtual such as USB HD, pen drive, a partition)

4. A virtual m/c already available (here "usb")

vm=usb; usb=sdc;sudo umount /dev/$usb* ; sudo chmod 777 /dev/$usb ; VBoxManage storageattach $vm --medium ~/raw-HD-4-VB/$usb.vmdk --type hdd --storagectl "IDE Controller" --device 0 --port 0 ; VBoxManage startvm $vm

VBoxBlockBoot() { sudo umount "$2"*; sudo chmod 777 "$2"; VBoxManage storageattach "$1" --medium ~/.rawHD4VB_`basename "$2"`.vmdk --type hdd --storagectl "IDE Controller" --device 0 --port 0 ; VBoxManage startvm "$1"; }

Extracting .gz files and placing the output in another directory in one command line is convenient thing.

I just followed some how-to to install Nagios on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx but they give the method to install from archives. I wished to install from the repository. If you do so some files are missing. I've not tested yet but this is an example command line I did to extract

sudo sh -c 'gunzip -c /usr/share/doc/nagios3-common/examples/template-object/templates.cfg.gz > /etc/nagios3/objects/templates.cfg'

We need privilege to write the destination file.

or

won't work, because by the time the delay is up, sudo will want your password again.

Kudos to http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/8275/grub2-set-super-mario-as-startup-tune