Category: ubuntu

if you can’t use apt to clean up due to a 100% full /boot

From: http://askubuntu.com/questions/345588/what-is-the-safest-way-to-clean-up-boot-partition The solution that worked from me. NOTE: this is only if you can’t use apt to clean up due to a 100% full /boot If apt-get isn’t functioning because your /boot is at 100%, you’ll need to clean out /boot first. This likely has caught a kernel upgrade in a partial install which […]


ubuntu extra notes

Some extra notes on ubuntu server. Add mysql that can connect from any where mysql> CREATE USER ‘monty’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘some_pass’; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘monty’@’localhost’ WITH GRANT OPTION; mysql> CREATE USER ‘monty’@’%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘some_pass’; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘monty’@’%’ WITH GRANT OPTION; Rsync to a machine with […]


Configure MySQL to keep log of all queries on Ubuntu Linux

To turn MySQL general log we must edit MySQL configuration file located in /etc/mysql/my.cnf on Ubuntu Linux system and we must do that with administrative privileges. So here’s how to do that using CLI editor nano: sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf Now we must locate following lines: #general_log_file = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log #general_log = 1 To turn MySQL general […]


VirtualBox VM CLONE

Κλώνο κάνουμε από το Details -> πατάμε το εικονίδιο με το πρόβατο και φτιαχνει ενα νεο vdi. Αυτό το αντιγράφουμε στον άλλο υπολογιστή και φτιάχνουμε νέα vm και στο τρίτο (και τελευταίο βήμα) του λέμε use existing virtual hard drive και διαλέγουμε το vdi που μεταφέραμε. Σημαντικό για να παίξει το networking: Όταν μεταφέρεις κλώνο […]


ubuntu notes

A step by step guide to setup a symfony dev enviroment in ubuntu hosted in VirtualBox.