Tag Archives: Ubuntu

How to set root password in Ubuntu Linux

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Mini Soji

Open terminal command on your computer and type the following command to set root password sudo passwd root By typing the following command in terminal, you can connect as root user su –

How to check Ubuntu version in terminal

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Annie

If you have forgotten the version of your Ubuntu OS then follow this tutorial which explains how to find the Ubuntu version. Open the Terminal (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+T) In the terminal type following command: Your version will be shown on

Hide Users On Ubuntu Login Screen

Posted on September 5, 2017 by admin

To hide a user from showing up in Ubuntu Login screen, edit file Find line Add the user you want to hide on this line. On my PC, following user shows up on login screen This is a user created

Ubuntu working to smooth Unity 7 to GNOME transition

Posted on July 2, 2017 by admin

Canonical, developer of popular Ubuntu linux distro will be replacing Unity Desktop Environment on Ubuntu with GNOME. They were working on Unity 8 and Mir display server, but decided to discontinue the development after they stop development of Mobile OS.

Moodle PHP has not been properly configured with the PGSQL

Posted on March 13, 2017 by admin

On installing Moodle on Ubuntu 16.04 server, i got following error Fixed by installing php7.0-pgsql package.

Uninstall software installed from PPA with ppa-purge

Posted on February 28, 2017 by admin

Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive) is a software repository that allow anyone to publish software fro Ubuntu. Many software publishers make latest versions of their software available via PPA, so Ubuntu users who want to try latest version can install

Configuring SSL site in Ubuntu Server

Posted on February 3, 2017 by admin

Create file Add following content Enable the web site Enable Apache SSL module if not already enabled Restart Apache You can verify SSL module enabled by running Now web site will work with SSL certificate.

Ubuntu nobody cared (try booting with the “irqpoll” option)

Posted on November 11, 2016 by admin

Ubuntu PC randomly crashed with some graphics errors, had to do hard reboot after this occur. On /var/log/syslog, i have following error. To fix the problem, edit Find line Replace with Now run

Install Zabbix Agent from Source on Linux

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Melbin Solomon

In our previous post we have installed Zabbix Server on Ubuntu from source. Let’s add and monitor another linux server with Zabbix Agent. Login to server as root and Create a new user and group Download and install latest version

Installing Sensu with Uchiwa Dashboard on Ubuntu

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Melbin Solomon

Open a terminal window with a user that has root privileges. Update the list of available apt-get packages. Add the following keys and sources RabbitMQ Elasticsearch Sensuapp Install Erlang, RabbitMQ and Redis-server. Install Sensu and Uchiwa. Sensu uses SSL for

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