Shared Folder with chmod SetGID

How do you share a folder in Linux? Especially, how can you get write permission to files other users have created? You should know command line before starting with this article. Knowing the basics of chmod (or see ‘man chmod’) … Continue reading

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Create deb metapackage in 5 minutes

How to install your 200 favourite programs automatically? Latest versions with bug fixes, please. Create a metapackage. Install requirements $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get -y install equivs Create source file Create a skeleton file. Use only small caps … Continue reading

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Command Line Basics

Table of Contents Command Line Basics Moving and looking around Relative and Absolute Path File Manipulation SSH Remote Control Help History and Guessing Usefull commands Important directories What Next? Command Line Basics Below, dollar sign “$” is the normal user … Continue reading

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Install Apache Web Server on Ubuntu

Table of Contents Install Apache Web Server on Ubuntu Install Apache Test it User homepages Enabling Userdir on Server Test homepages Install Apache Web Server on Ubuntu This step-by-step howto shows a basic setup for Apache 2 web server. Apache … Continue reading

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Commands for Admin

Table of Contents Commands for Admin Sudo – Give a Single Commands with Root Priviledges Package Management – Installing Software Notes on Nethack Commands for Admin Some of the most important commands for admin. This article is a work in … Continue reading

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Control Many Computers with SSH

Control Many Computers with SSH Once you have automated login to target computers with ssh public key authentication, it is easy to run the same command on all of them. Consider three computers, 172.28.1.219, 172.28.2.9, 172.28.2.14, each with account tero … Continue reading

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Making Preformated PRE Text Warp in CSS3, Mozilla, Opera and IE

Making preformated <pre&gt text wrap in CSS3, Mozilla, Opera and IE Code snippets and poems often use spaces for indenting text. Pre-tag is used to display preformatted text on webpages. This makes indenting visible, but has the annoying side-effect of … Continue reading

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