the Southern command of the open source revolution
Set a root password if none exists
$ mysqladmin -u root password <new_password>
Login to MySQL
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 16 to server version: 5.0.22-Debian_0ubuntu6.06-log
Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the buffer.
mysql> CREATE DATABASE databasename;
Query OK, […]
Configuration
sudo apt-get install obexftp obexpushd gnome-bluetooth bluez-utils
sudo pico /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
change passkey from the default “1234″ to your own passkey
sudo pico /etc/rc.local
Add the following on the line before “exit 0″
hciconfig hci0 inqmode 0
Restart the system
Sending Files from an Ubuntu PC to Another Device
The easiest way to send files from your PC to a Bluetooth device is to […]
Are your hideous WordPress URLs frightening away your readers? Here is how to tame those unruly URLs:
Create a .htaccess file in your main wordpress folder (the same one as index.php)
Make the .htaccess file writeable
chmod 777 .htaccess
Ensure mod-rewrite is enabled for Apache2 (/etc/apache2/mods-enabled). There should be a symlink to /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load. If not, create it.
sudo […]
If you ever need to use dig, nslookup, or nsupdate, the Ubuntu package to install is dnsutils.
apt-get install dnsutils
After installation you should have access to:
usr/bin/dig
usr/bin/nslookup
usr/bin/nsupdate
nslookup is very nice for doing reverse URL lookups. By giving it a URL you can get back an IP address. Just go to the command line and type:
nslookup www.yourwebsite.com
nslookup www.slashdot.org
Server: […]
Since version control is something which every programmer should be using, and since I like Subversion (SVN), I thought it would be great to add a tutorial about installing a web based SVN interface. Trac allows you to browse your SVN repositories from any web browser.
This tutorial assumes you have already installed Apache2 and Subversion. […]
