[Ilugc] kill

2012-07-17 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
kill is a word we normally use to mean murder. ;) In the UNIX world we often use it to destroy wayward processes. We also use it to send signals like SIGINFO. $ pkill -INFO dd $ kill -l 1HUP Hangup17 STOP Suspended (signal) 2INT Interrupt

Re: [Ilugc] IR Receiver that works on Linux for an XBMC HTPC

2012-07-17 Thread Roshan George
Arun, Mohan, On Jul 17, 2012 12:44 PM, "Mohan Sundaram" wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > > > > I use an USB wireless keyboard/mouse combo. I get to control XBMC > > and also use the same as a PC to browse the net, read email etc. when > > I am in the mood to be a

Re: [Ilugc] how to add sudo user

2012-07-17 Thread Arun Venkataswamy
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:30 PM, snegan wrote: > aim using linux mint 13 i couldn't con fig ppp con fig it is showing > following error > > anwar@anwar-Lenovo-G560 ~/Desktop $ sudo ppp config > [sudo] password for anwar: > anwar is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > anwa

Re: [Ilugc] sudo file on multiple machines

2012-07-17 Thread Ashish Verma
I have 4 machines.. server1 server2 server3 server4 I have configured sudo file on server1. I want all other servers to use the same file. Everytime I update the file I shouldnt have to copy it to all other servers, instead they should use the same file. Regards, Ashish On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at

[Ilugc] how to add sudo user

2012-07-17 Thread snegan
hi lugs, aim using linux mint 13 i couldn't con fig ppp con fig it is showing following error anwar@anwar-Lenovo-G560 ~/Desktop $ sudo ppp config [sudo] password for anwar: anwar is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. anwar@anwar-Lenovo-G560 ~/Desktop $ Anwar ___

Re: [Ilugc] Shell script with arguments

2012-07-17 Thread Krishna
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Vijay Kumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I need some help/ideas in coming up with a shell script. > > Basically, the script should install 1 or 2 or 3 packages based on the > input arguments. > > For example, if I type in pkgscript.sh a1 a2 a3, it should install all the >

Re: [Ilugc] Shell script with arguments

2012-07-17 Thread Balachandran Sivakumar
Hi, On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Vijay Kumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I need some help/ideas in coming up with a shell script. > For example, if I type in pkgscript.sh a1 a2 a3, it should install all the > 3 scripts and pkgscript.sh a1 should install only a1. > Use $# and $@. A rough outline is

Re: [Ilugc] Shell script with arguments

2012-07-17 Thread kenneth gonsalves
On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 17:57 +0530, Vijay Kumar wrote: > For example, if I type in pkgscript.sh a1 a2 a3, it should install all > the > 3 scripts and pkgscript.sh a1 should install only a1. > > If a user enters only pkgscript.sh, it should ask for arguments and > then > proceed accordingly. does

[Ilugc] Shell script with arguments

2012-07-17 Thread Vijay Kumar
Hi All, I need some help/ideas in coming up with a shell script. Basically, the script should install 1 or 2 or 3 packages based on the input arguments. For example, if I type in pkgscript.sh a1 a2 a3, it should install all the 3 scripts and pkgscript.sh a1 should install only a1. If a user ent

Re: [Ilugc] IR Receiver that works on Linux for an XBMC HTPC

2012-07-17 Thread Mohan Sundaram
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Roshan George wrote: > >> By the way, I'm thinking of running XBMC because it looks way better. >> The output will be an ancient CRT TV for now, but my brother can >> probably work things out once I have everyth