Category Archives: Operating Systems

Pertaining to a particular operating system, such as: Windows, Linux, Android etc.

Installing NGiNX on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

By SteveK | Published: February 19, 2012

Select box Plugin option is: four Add the following urls to your sources.list file: deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ lucid nginx deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ lucid nginx Close and save the file.  Then run the following commands: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nginx That simple.  Next comes Configuring NGiNX.

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Editing Ubuntu sources.list

By SteveK | Published: February 18, 2012

Select box Plugin option is: four The sources.list is a text file on a Debian derived Linux distributions.  Aptitude (apt-get) uses this list of servers as locations from which to retrieve software. To add to this you must be logged into a terminal.  Have ready and know how to use a simple terminal text editor such as nano or [...]

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Free Cloud Hosting for a year? Sign me up!

By SteveK | Published: December 19, 2011

Select box Plugin option is: fourhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=amazon+free+tier

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Unknown Terminal Type.

By SteveK | Published: November 30, 2011
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Select box Plugin option is: fourThe terminal from a Xubuntu desktop isn’t executing any commands. The error is “ ‘unknown’: unknown terminal type. “ Check what terminal is set to by running: “ SET | MORE ”   Then scroll down to where you see the variable:  ” TERM= “.  If “ TERM=unknown “, simply fix this problem by typing:  TERM=xterm

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Webmin / Virtualmin Log In – ACCESS DENIED

By SteveK | Published: November 4, 2010

Select box Plugin option is: fourEver tried logging into Virtualmin/Webmin too many times whilst typing the wrong password?  Well I have.. After 3-5 attempts it gives me ACCESS DENIED FOR …[ip]… Searching low and high on how to unban myself from virtual min it was as simple as logging into shell and restarting webmin with [...]

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How to start MySQL on Mac if it doesn’t start on bootup

By SteveK | Published: May 13, 2010

Select box Plugin option is: fourOpen MySQL on Mac if it fails to start during boot Simple terminal command: sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld –user=mysql Related Posts

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Linux – User Commands (finding users registered in the system)

By SteveK | Published: February 24, 2010

Select box Plugin option is: fourFind all users and services registered in the system: cat /etc/passwd Find all users registered in the system: cat /etc/passwd | grep “/home” To add a user to a group: usermod -G<group> <user> To delete a user and their home directory: (Users can have a “home” directory) userdel -r <user> [...]

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Linux commands – Groups

By SteveK | Published: February 22, 2010

Select box Plugin option is: fourFind the groups the current user is in: groups You can also find groups other users are in: groups root groups <user> how to find all users of a group: egrep “^groupname” /etc/group

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Windows opens search instead of drive or folder

By SteveK | Published: February 2, 2010

Select box Plugin option is: fourWhy is windows opening a search box instead of my drives in my computer?  Or why is windows opening searches when i double click folders.  Easy fix: Open Registry Editor:  (Start menu – Run: regedit.exe) In registry editor browse the tree on the left into: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /  (Directory / Drive) [...]

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