Question: How to enable automatic login in Ubuntu or Kubuntu ? Answer: You can enable auto login in Ubuntu using the following 3 simple steps. Please understand that it is not security best practices to enable the automatic login. Do this only if you are in a controlled environment and very confident that nobody will [...]
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Forgot your MySQL root user password? Don’t worry. We are here for rescue. When you tried to login to root without entering a password, you may get ‘Access Denied’ message, as MySQL is expecting a password. This article explains how to recover mysql root password by setting a new MySQL password when you don’t remember [...]
Gmail is the best thing that happened since sliced bread. That may sound like an over statement. If you really think about it, Gmail definitely has changed the way how we manage emails. Without Gmail, I cannot imagine processing 100’s of emails effectively every day without breaking a sweat. In this article let us review [...]
Question: Why my cron job does not get executed at the specified time ? Answer: There may be lot of reasons why a cron job may not get executed. Let us review 5 important reasons of why a cron job does not run at the specified time and how to resolve those issues. 1. Misinterpretation [...]
Question: How do I change MySQL root Password? Answer: You can change MySQL root password using one of the following 3 methods. These methods can be used on both Windows and Unix Environment including Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, RedHat, Arch Linux, SUSE etc., Method 1. How to Change MySQL Root Password Using mysqladmin Command? You [...]
ls – Unix users and sysadmins cannot live without this two letter command. Whether you use it 10 times a day or 100 times a day, knowing the power of ls command can make your command line journey enjoyable. In this article, let us review 15 practical examples of the mighty ls command. 1. Open [...]
Question: How do I find out all the available file attributes. i.e I would like to know more about a file or directory than what the ls -l command displays. Answer: Everything in Unix is treated as files. This includes devices, directories and sockets — all of these are files. Stat command displays file or [...]
Google announced open source lightweight OS that is initially targeted towards netbooks. This is expected to be released in the 2nd half of 2010. Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in [...]