Reddit the popular news site which publishes news items according to the votes of its members has broken down. While submitting an article, it showed this page with the words looks like we shouldn’t have stopped using lisp…
Funny yeah. But I would like to know what was the problem. It uses the web.py framework.
Monthly Archive for February, 2006
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Sun is giving away Solaris 10 DVD-Rom Media kit. Solaris is considered as the most advanced UNIX operating system ever. It has many new features and capabilities and yes its free too. With this free DVD you can explore the latest features and technologies of the Solaris 10 operating system. You can order it from Sun Solaris promo site. Please note that Media Kit only available for x86/x64 systems.
[Via nixCraft]
Free Software Blog now has a new look. Nearly a month after me changing hosts, I have atlast redesigned the theme with my favourite color – blue. This was done with Shocking Blue Green theme as a base. I am still yet finished with this theme and may bring in more smaller changes. Please comment on the theme and also suggest what other things can be made. Also if you can’t view this page correctly in any browser, please inform me via comments.
groupmod — Modify a group
Summary :
The groupmod command modifies the system account files to reflect the
changes that are specified on the command line.
Example:
# groupmod -g 600 mygrp — Change the mygrp Group ID to 600.
# groupmod -n mygrp1 mygrp — Change the mygrp name to mygrp1.
Group informations are stored in /etc/group files.
Read: man groupmod
This Valentine’s day (2006), lets learn python the easy way! at http://www.lovepython.com/
I don’t know what is behind the teaser, but anyway I have signed up. Any one can guess what could be behind this?
Technorati Tags: python valentine valentines+day
groupadd — Create a new group
Summary :
The groupadd command creates a new group account using the values
specified on the command line and the default values from the system.
Example:
# groupadd newgrp — Create a new group
# groupadd -g 600 newgrp — Create newgrp with specified Group ID.
# groupadd -f newgrp — Force flag. Don’t show error message.
Read: man groupadd
Linux users can now boast of a better 3D desktop because of efforts from Novell. Novell is contributing a new graphics subsystem called “Xgl” and the associated “Compiz” compositing manager to the granddaddy of all Linux and UNIX windowing infrastructures, X.org.
This move has brought the interest of various graphics chip vendors like Intel, ATI and Nvidia.
Xgl enables *nix systems to fully take advantage of 3-D acceleration hardware. Xgl according to Novell’s description is the X server architecture layered on top of OpenGL. The new enhancements enable a long list of capabilities for Linux that include improved 3-D capabilities and more fluid “fancy” desktop animations and transitions.
This new Xgl will run below KDE or GNOME (the two most popular desktop environments). It is just the X framework with added 3D features. This will provide better driver support from the various chip vendors.
A team led by ex-Winamp-er Rob Lord today released a preview edition of Songbird, a desktop media player that offers an open source alternative to services like Apple’s iTunes and the Windows Media Player. Instead of connecting to one locked store full of DRMmed goods, it can connect to any and all available music (and video) on the internet.
It is built on the same platform as that of Firefox and it acts as a specialised browser for music. Looks like a nicer solution getting good songs.
Currently the site is overloaded so here are the download mirror1 and mirror2.
[Via BoingBoing]
usermod — Modify a user account
Summary :
The usermod command modifies the system account files to reflect the changes that are specified, like Home dir, password, etc. on the command line
Example:
# usermod -d /home2/usr1 usr1 — Create the new home Dir for usr1 in /home2 & Move old Dir contents to this Dir.
# usermod -e 2005-04-30 usr1 — From 30/4/2005 the usr1 acc will be disabled.
# usermod -f 6 usr1 — After passwd expires, system will allow the user to login for 6 days with a warning to change his passwd.
# usermod -g prof usr1 — Set usr1′s initial group as prof.
# usermod -p $1$d8 usr1 — Set the new passwd for the usr1
# usermod -s /bin/bash usr1 — Set Bash as the default login shell for the usr1.
# usermod -L usr1 — Lock a user’s password.
# usermod -U usr1 — Unlock a user’s password.
Read: man usermod
userdel – Delete a user account and related files
Summary :
The userdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that refer to login. userdel will not allow you to remove an account if the user is currently logged in. You must kill any running processes which belong to an account that you are deleting.
Example:
# userdel usr1 — Remove the usr1 account entry details. Home Dir will not be removed.
# userdel -r usr1 — Remove the account entries, Home Dir and Mail Spool of the usr1.
Read: man userdel