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Mount SMB Share on Ubuntu

  1. Install smb client

    sudo apt-get install smbfs smbclient
    
  2. Mount

    sudo mount -t cifs //server/Share /mnt/Share -o iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
    

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Diskless ubuntu upgrades

To upgrade ubuntu off line or to reduce the amount of duplicate data downloaded when upgrading multiple ubuntu machines download the alternate install cd iso, mount it and do the upgrade as if you'd burnt the cd

  1. Download alt cd iso http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/11.04 ...

Amarok

Amarok on ubuntu with mp3 support run

sudo apt-get install amarok libxine1-ffmpeg

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1521168

If amarok can't play mp3's after an upgrade removing the xine config dir can help

mv ~/.xine xine_bak

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ssh

Installing ssh server

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Setting up ssh connections without requiring a password

  1. Copy public key from local machine to remote machine

    scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub mythbox@c2:/tmp/jess.id_rsa.pub
    
  2. Log in to remote machine and append public key to authorized_keys file

    ssh mythbox ...