Basic Commands in FC5

Here are some basic commands that one needs often but remembering them is quite tedious for a beginner. So here I post these for help:

to run a jar file:
java -jar

installing tar packages:
tar -zxvf

compiling source:
extract by tar then go inside the uncompressed dir, type

./configure

then:

make
make install

(after installation executable file goes to /usr/bin or usr/sbin

rpm installation from command line:
rpm -ivh

command for overriding dependencies:
rpm -ivh --force kplayer-0.5.3-0.lvn.1.3.i386.rpm

mounting ntfs partition:
mount /dev/hda5 /media/winxp -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222

For automount:
Edit your /etc/fstab permanently:

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows vfat umask=0000,dmask=0000,uid=0002,gid=users,users 0 0


or

/dev/hdc1 /mnt ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0

/* don't forget to add a new line char at the end of line*/

starting smb:
chkconfig --list smb
/etc/init.d/smb start
or restart

ref: http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/sambaserver.shtml



list hard disks and partitions:
fdisk -l

make the file executable with the command
Code:

chmod +x /usr/bin/hello.py
chmod +x


Code:for compiling python files

python hello.py

the above method will work if you are in the same directory as the program. else do it like this
Code:

python /full/path/to/hello.py


adding new users:
run 'useradd jsmith' to create a login for him.

yo- set the password for this account (they can change it themselves later) - you can do this by running 'passwd jsmith'


The next thing you need to do is make a home directory for them. This will normally just involve running:

mkdir /home/jsmith
chown jsmith:users /home/jsmith

This creates a directory with the same name as the login account beneath the /home directory - then changes it to be owned by the user.

If you omit the 'chown' command the user will not have permission to save files inside their own home directory!

Have a nice day tinkering with Fedora!