Show Remote Shares using Samba
Show remote shares of a windows host smbclient -L ip_addr/hostname
Configuration of a wireless network card
Show configuration of a wireless network card iwconfig wlan0
Installing GRUB Into MBR
Use this when your MBR gets corrupted – usually happens after you reinstall windows. Pop in a bootable ubuntu DVD…
Lookup Hostname
Lookup hostname to resolve name to ip address and viceversa host www.example.com
Backup MBR to Image File
Make a copy of MBR (Master Boot Record) to a file. dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr.img bs=512 count=1 dd if=mbr.img of=/dev/hda bs=512…
Important Logs
First show system events. Second command show events inherent to the process of booting kernel. tail /var/log/messages tail /var/log/dmesg
Find WiFi Hotspots
Use this command to find the wifi hotspots around your system. You need wifi hardware with proper drivers for this…
The who Command
Show who is logged on, and print: time of last system boot, dead processes, system login processes, active processes spawned…
Download Deb Files Using apt-get
If you want to download the deb files without installing them, use the following command. The downloaded file will be…
Backup HDD To Remote Host
Make a backup of a local hard disk on remote host via ssh dd bs=1M if=/dev/hda | gzip | ssh…
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