alexkras.com

  • Home
  • Top Posts
  • Resume
  • Projects
  • YouTube
  • Boots to Bytes
  • About
  • Contact

Ubuntu Linux Terminal Commands Cheat Sheet

March 16, 2013 by Alex Kras Leave a Comment

Add New User

adduser

Add New Group

groupadd devs

Add user to a suplimentary group

usermod -a -G admin alex

See user groups

groups

Change Group Ownership for a directory

sudo chgrp -R devs tomcat

Change Time Zone

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Select ETC -> Greenwitch

Change hostname

sudo vim /etc/hostname

rename and restart

Restart computer

sudo shutdown -r now

Adding Google DNS to Ubuntu via Terminal

sudo vim /etc/resolv.conf

Add line:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

Restart Network Manager:

sudo service network-manager restart

Renaming Ubuntu Machine

  1. Edit /etc/hostname
  2. Edit /etc/hosts
  3. restart

Filed Under: Ubuntu

I work for Evernote and we are hiring!

Subscribe to this Blog via Email

New posts only. No other messages will be sent.

You can find me on LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter or Facebook.

This blog is moving to techtldr.com

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Copyright © 2021 · eleven40 Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in