Recover your lost root password in Linux
Once in a lifetime you might forget your root password. If that happens, reboot your distro and at the GRUB prompt press “e” to edit the first line. Make sure the new entry sais “linux single”. Pr[...]
Know when someone accesses your files in GNOME
Say you want to write a small shell script that locks up your GNOME desktop at specific intervals. What command would you use?In this case, your best bet would be gnome-screensaver-command --lock This has the same effect[...]
Recover lost RAR passwords with Linux
Ever lost the password to an archive file? You can recover it from the CLI with rarcrack. Just be sure you have the unrar-free and NOT the unrar-nonfree package installed. It tries a bruteforce method on the archive file[...]
