Moments with Linux

The login into Run level 1,is by default the the ROOT login that is granted to the user,even without any password.Any unauthorised person can boot the system in RL 1 and just gain control of your system. But don't take this as a hole,the security is just one file and couple of clicks away.All is needed is editing 'inittab' file present under /etc .And add a special line in there. In steps it will be : 1. Be the root user. 2. Open the file in vi editor vi /etc/inittab 3. Enter the 'Insert' mode,by pressing Insert button. 4. Append the line at last of the file su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin 5. Save the file and exit. The back-door is now secured by the root password.

Last night i corrupted out my Xorg ,and was left in the 'Black World' of run-level 3. While trying to re-install it through YUM the N/W went out [all bad against me]. So had no other option than to install the xorg server though the Fedora DVD that i had. Trying my hands to configure the DVD as the source for YUM was a great experience ,though it was much simple task. Better to go step by step[Everything as a super user] : 1. All of the repositories configuration files under /etc/yum.repos.d/ were backed up and placed under a new directory created /etc/yum.repos.d/back-up/ #mv /etc/yum.repos.d/* /etc/yum.repos.d/back-up/ 2. A new file 'dvd.repo' was created under /etc/yum.repos.d/ that will act as the configuration file for the new repository to be created with source as the Fedora DVD. 3. The file 'dvd.repo' was opened up in vi editor and following lines were added in there [dvd] name=DVD baseurl=file:/media/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 and the file was saved. PS

Installing Chromium on Fedora isn't really all that much harder than it is on a Debian-based system. But with Fedora you have a couple of different options. You can either install from command line or you can install using the yum package management too. The benefit of installing via yum is that you will be able to update Either way the installation is simple. Let's take a look at the Yum. You have to follow the following steps: Open your vi editor and enter the gain 'root' access. Create the '/etc/yum.repos.d/chromium.repo' file. Add the following contents to the file: [chromium] name=Chromium Test Packages baseurl=http://spot.fedorapeople.org/chromium/F11/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 Save the file. Update the yum database using : 'yum update' Finally fire the install : 'yum install chromium -y' Doing this all will install Chromium on your fedora 11 system.Which can be accessed from under Applications -> Internet -> Chromium Web Browser The

- Gedit Plugins - Mirroring Fedora - Official Mirrors for North India - Online Distro Store - Third Party Plug-ins for Pidgin - An open source VoIP and video conferencing application for Gnome - Plug-ins for Evolution,mail client for Gnome - Linux installation:No CD,DVD,USB drive,N/W needed - The Open Web Foundation - cynin - Google Wave - Elgg - GnomeShell - Software forge for Free Software - Creative Commons India - Secure system from SSH Attacks - Add Python / C++ Auto-complete Support - Scripts for Nautilus - Ubuntu 9.10 with netbooks The list is increasing day by day.....so do come back to find new ones, and if you want to be good enough, please add a comment for one that you think is missing here,which may be i have not knocked at yet...