LTSP [ Linux Terminal Server Project]

The Linux Terminal Server Project adds thin-client support to Linux servers. LTSP is a flexible,cost effective solution that is empowering schools, businesses, and organizations all over the world to easily install and deploy desktop workstations. A growing number of Linux distributions include LTSP out-of-the-box. Shiny new thin-clients and legacy PCs alike can be used to browse the Web, send e-mail, create documents, and run other desktop applications. LTSP not only improves Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), but more importantly, provides increased value over traditional computing solutions. LTSP workstations can run applications from Linux and Windows servers. Linux thin-clients have proven to be extremely reliable because tampering and viruses are virtually non-existent. It's distributed under the GNU General Public License, meaning it's free and always will be. You'll find that LTSP has comprehensive free and professional support, and it's developed by a very active global community. We invite you to participate too! We hope you'll take the opportunity to browse our site and learn more about the Linux Terminal Server Project.

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Solaris and Linux Runlevel

Default Linux Run Level: Total 7 Run Level

RunLevel 0: Halt System – To shutdown the system
RunLevel 1: Single user mode
RunLevel 2: Basic multi user mode without NFS
RunLevel 3: Full multi user mode (text based)
RunLevel 4: unused
RunLevel 5: Multi user mode with Graphical User Interface
RunLevel 6: Reboot System

Default Solaris Run Level: Total 8 Run Level

RunLevel S: Single user state (useful for recovery)

RunLevel 0: Access Sun Firmware (ok> prompt)

RunLevel 1: System administrator mode

RunLevel 2: Multi-user w/o NFS

RunLevel 3: Multi-user with NFS

RunLevel 4: Unused

RunLevel 5: Completely shutdown the host (like performing a power-off)

RunLevel 6: Reboot but depend upon initdefault entry in /etc/inittab

Setup Subversion Server on Ubuntu

Step: 1 Installing the Subversion package

#apt-get install subversion

Step:2  Configure Subversion Directory

#mkdir –p  /home/svn/repository

Step 3 Configure Subversion group

#groupadd svn

#chgrp svn /home/svn/repository

#chmod g+rw /home/svn/repository

(you need to make sure that all new files and directories created in the repos directory (in other words, anything committed to the repositories) will also be owned by the group)

#chmod g+s /home/svn/repository

#usermod –a –G svn user1 (Assign users to svn group)

#usermod –a –G svn user2 (Assign users to svn group)

Step 4: Creating a New repository

#svnadmin create /home/svn/repository/test

Step 5: Checkout Repository

#svn checkout file:///home/svn/repository/test

Output: Checked out revision 0

Step 6: Add new files to Empty repository

#cd test

# echo ‘Hello, World!’ > hello.txt

#svn add hello.txt

Output : A         hello.txt

Step 7 : Commit files

#svn commit -m “Added a ‘hello world’ text file.”

Output :

Adding         hello.txt

Transmitting file data .

Committed revision 1.

Accessing SVN repository

Step 1:  Configure Users for Access SVN repository.

#vi /home/svn/repository/conf/authz

(Add below entry)

[/]

User1 = rw

[/test]

User1 = rw

User2 = rw

(save file)

#vi /home/svn/repository/conf/passwd

(Add below entry)

User1=password1

User2=password2

(save file)

Step 2: Configure files for authentication

# rm –rf /home/svn/repository/test/conf/authz

# rm –rf /home/svn/repository/test/conf/passwd

#vi /home/svn/repository/conf/svnserve.conf

[general]

anon-access = none

password-db = /home/svn/repository/conf/passwd

realm = Team

Step 3: Start repository

#svnserve -d –foreground -r /home/svn/ repository

Step 4 : Test the Repository

#svn checkout svn://ipaddress/test –username user1

Step 5: Initialize the Script at Startup

#wget http://odyniec.net/articles/ubuntu-subversion-server/svnserve

#move svnserve /etc/init.d/

# chmod +x /etc/init.d/subserve

#update-rc.d svnserve defaults

Basic MySQL Commands

To login (from unix shell) use -h only if needed.

#mysql -h hostname -u root -p

Create a database on the sql server.

mysql> create database [databasename];

List all databases on the sql server.

mysql> show databases;

Switch to a database.

mysql> use [db name];

To see all the tables in the db.

mysql> show tables;

To see database’s field formats.

mysql> describe [table name];

To delete a database.

mysql> drop database [database name];

To delete a table.

mysql> drop table [table name];

Show all data in a table.

mysql> SELECT * FROM [table name];

Creating a new user.

# mysql -u root -p

mysql> use mysql;

mysql> INSERT  INTO user (Host,User,Password) VALUES(‘%’,'username’,PASSWORD(‘password’));

mysql> flush privileges;

Change a users password from unix shell.

#mysqladmin -u username -h hostname  -p password ‘new-password’

Change a users password from MySQL prompt. 

# mysql -u root -p

mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR  ‘user’@'hostname’ = PASSWORD(‘password’);

mysql> flush privileges;

Recover a MySQL root password.

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

# mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables  &

# mysql -u root

mysql> use mysql;

mysql> update user set  password=PASSWORD(“newrootpassword”) where User=’root’;

mysql> flush  privileges;

mysql> quit

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

# /etc/init.d/mysql  start

Update a root password.

# mysqladmin -u root -p oldpassword newpassword

Allow the user “user1” to connect to the server from localhost 

# mysql -u root -p

mysql> use mysql;

mysql> grant  usage on *.* to user1@localhost identified by ‘password’;

mysql> flush  privileges;

Give user privilages for a database.

mysql> grant all privileges on  databasename.* to username@localhost;

mysql> flush privileges;

          or

# mysql -u root -p

mysql> use mysql;

mysql> INSERT  INTO user (Host,Db,User,Select_priv,Insert_priv,Update_priv,Delete_priv,Create_priv,Drop_priv)  VALUES (‘%’,'databasename’,'username’,'Y’,'Y’,'Y’,'Y’,'Y’,'N’);

mysql>  flush privileges;.

Load a CSV file into a table.

mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE ‘/tmp/filename.csv’ replace INTO  TABLE [table name] FIELDS TERMINATED BY ‘,’ LINES TERMINATED BY ‘\n’  (field1,field2,field3);

Dump all databases for backup.

#mysqldump -u root -ppassword –opt  >/tmp/alldatabases_backup.sql

Dump one database for backup.

#mysqldump -u username -ppassword –databases  databasename >/tmp/databasename.sql

Dump a table from a database.

mysqldump -c -u username -ppassword  databasename tablename > /tmp/tablename.sql

Restore database (or database table) from backup.

mysql -u username -ppassword databasename  < /tmp/databasename.sql