Questions about Computer Administration
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How can I make shutdown not require admin password?
If more than one person is logged in on my computer, Ubuntu requires super user authentication when shutting down the computer. How can I make it so that any user can shutdown the computer without ...
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3answers
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Which logs should I pay attention to?
There are many logs in /var/log/ For a standard home installation, which ones should I be checking regularly?
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7answers
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See computer's uptime and history
I was wondering if it is at all possible to find out when the computer was switched on, what files where accessed what folders were opened, what programs run and when the computer was resumed and put ...
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4answers
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How are administrators supposed to read root's mail?
What is the Ubuntu way for system administrators to receive system notifications, which typically take the form of e-mail sent to the root account?
Examples of such notifications are the output of ...
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2answers
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I unexpetedly deleted administrator account and the other accounts are asking root password
I unexpectedly deleted my user account (the only administrator for the machine). I have another account which is standard account now i cant access my hard disk or anything with that standard account ...
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3answers
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Shell Scripting for Linux Server Administration
I recently started learning Linux(Ubuntu), and i'm aware that Linux has it's own form of language i.e Shell Scripting. What i'll like to know is that is this language enough to administer a Linux ...
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4answers
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Deleted Myself from Admin Group - Now Getting Error usermod: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cannot lock '/etc/group' in recovery mode
I have a laptop with Ubuntu 11.10 that is shared between myself and two other family members. My user id was setup as ...
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7answers
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How to remove Change Desktop Background from right click?
I want to restrict users on changing wallpapers and themes. So can anyone say me how to remove
Change Desktop Background option from right click?
Note:
I just totally want to remove that option ...
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3answers
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When Ubuntu asks for an admin user's password, how does it decide which administrative user to ask for?
I am setting up an Ubuntu (10.10) machine that will be used by several people. It is a shared machine in a small office. Its primary roles are hosting virtual machines with VirtualBox and serving ...
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Single administrator computer for systems with only regular account on network
How can I have systems with only a regular account with administrative tasks managed by a single computer?
EDIT
I simply want be able to add/remove software on all computers from a single system. ...
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1answer
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Downloading and Installing Latest Version of KILE
In the TeX - LaTeX group of Stack Exchange, I posed a question about the versions of TeXLive under Ubuntu. As I have installed the latest version of TeXLive under Ubuntu, I want to be able to use it ...
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2answers
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How to give nopasswd access to multiple commands via sudoers?
Below is what I know:
I have to add this below line in sudoers file to give rights to the user for particular task.
%user_name% ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get install
In this case I want to give ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to download security updates and notify admin without installing the update?
We use apt to download and install security updates on our production server, and most of the time this works well for us. However, this morning, our server downloaded an update, installed the ...
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1answer
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Locking down Systems in a Computer Lab School for Orphans
I am helping out an NGO, called Orphans Found Fund, here in Arusha Tanzania setup a computer lab to teach students about Ubuntu and open source applications. I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 on all the ...
