Questions about Computer Administration
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How can I restore the administration menu?
I do not know how I did it but I am now missing my administration menu. I am using 12.04 (but with all upgrades) and GNOME FALL-BACK. Could anyone direct me on how to restore it? I have tried adding ...
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Create shared shortcuts for Guest login
I have decided to use Ubuntu as my base OS for my internet cafe machines, and also for the thin clients that connect to my Windows terminal server running 2008 R2. 8 machines in internet cafe room, ...
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Disable discovery or listing of HDD partitions
I would like to disable auto detection or listing of certain partitions in applications such as Nautilus. I have a HP laptop that contains a recovery partition along with a EFI partition and I would ...
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Don't bother non-admin users with admin questions
My wife and kids use ubuntu laptops which I administer.
How do I prevent the system from, e.g., offering them software updates? (I know I can disable that for the whole box, but that is just one ...
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How to disable update notification for all users?
This is a partial case of the more general question "Don't bother non-admin users with admin questions":
I have several non-admin users on a computer and I want to disable software updates for all of ...
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Is it possible to get Drakconf in Ubuntu?
I am using PCLOS for a long time, but now considering to switch to Kubuntu due some unsolved issues in this distro and also because of much bigger applications choice in repositories.
However, ...
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How do I get around administrator priviliges are required for this task when installing real vnc?
When I try to install real VNC and enter in the registration code I get administrator privileges are required for this task. How do I get around this? I am the only user on the computer and already ...
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Limited access accounts for a low maintenance deployment?
Forgive me if I haven't done quite as much digging trying to solve this on my own as I could have: I'm currently in Zambia, and my internet access is unpredictible and slow when it's working.
I'm ...
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Recommend way to setup a terminal program to run in the background on boot?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 Server edition. Currently I boot up the server, log in, run the application "screen", run an existing terminal program to do some work, and then use screen to lock the ...
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'w' command not showing users list when not root ('who' does)
I have multiple users logged on my server (ubuntu 12.10), with ssh. None of them has root privileges.
If I then log in with my admin account and type (without sudoing)
admin1@server:~$ w
the ...
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Canonical way to describe server purpose
Is there a canonical way (no pun intended) to describe the purpose of a specific machine?
I have to administer serveral hosts all with the same hostname ("www"). On the shell prompt i can not ...
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WMI Windows Management Instrumentation on Ubuntu
Is there a tool for accessing windows'wmi interface?
I know once there was wmic-client (hardy) but it has been removed.
I'd like to administrate some windows machines remotely trough shell: i.e. ...
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Disable lock when screen turns off for all users on 12.04
I can turn off lock after screen is turned off for myself from System Settings -> Brightness and Lock, but how to do this for the different user (or all users in the system)?
