How to Change, set or change MySQL root Password

October 26, 2009 · Posted in Fedora, Open Source, Ubuntu, Unix, centos · Comment 

Once you installed MySQL, you might need to set the MySQL root password to protect your DB. Actually how to do that?

Just type the following command on your terminal

[root@techkaki] # mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD

However, if you want to change (or update) a root password, then you need to use following command

 [root@techkaki] # mysqladmin -u root -p 'oldpassword' password newpass

Eg:

[root@techkaki] # mysqladmin -u root -p 'abcdef' password '123456'

How to use Windows Live Messanger in Linux

October 21, 2009 · Posted in Fedora, Open Source, Ubuntu · 3 Comments 

Is it possible to use Windows Live Messenger on Linux? The answer is yes. You can try to install aMSN to run the Windows Live Messenger. aMSN is a free Windows Live Messenger clone. aMSN attempts to emulate the look and feel of Windows Live Messenger, and supports many of its features.

The features of aMSN include:-

  • Offline Messaging
  • Voice Clips
  • Display pictures
  • Custom emoticons
  • Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
  • Webcam support
  • Sign in to more than one account at once
  • Full-speed File transfers
  • Group support
  • Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
  • Chat logs
  • Timestamping
  • Event alarms
  • Conferencing support
  • Tabbed chat windows Read more

How to remote Windows XP / Vista / Server 2003 on Fedora

October 11, 2009 · Posted in Fedora · Comment 

Recently, i start using Fedora 11 at home. But i need to remote Windows XP and Server 2003 for do the server maintenance at home. But Fedora 11 does not come with any remote desktop software. I try to google and found one of the remote desktop software called rdesktop.

How to install rdesktop

Ubuntu

[root@techkaki] # apt-get install rdesktop

Fedora

[root@techkaki] # yum install rdesktop

To connect to MS Windows 2000/2003 server from Linux, type the following command at a shell prompt

[root@techkaki] $ rdesktop server1.techkaki.com

or

[root@techkaki] $ rdesktop 192.168.1.2

Note: if want to learn more about rdesktop command, type the following command to learn it

 [root@techkaki] $ man redesktop

:-)