Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Run X Applications Over Network Using SSH

Topology:
Linux-based PC: 192.168.1.1
Linux-based Laptop: 192.168.1.7

In PC, you edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config using any editor you like:
$ sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd
Looking for this line, or you can add if it's not already there:
X11Forwarding     yes
Save that file and restart SSH service:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart
Allow Laptop to run X applications:
$ xhost 192.168.1.7
Define default display:
$ export DISPLAY=192.168.1.1:0

Then from Laptop terminal, run the command to execute any X applications you like:
$ ssh -X [username]@192.168.1.1 firefox
$ ssh -X [username]@192.168.1.1 oowriter

That's it! :)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Change Group Owner For /var/www

Taking another note. Here's how to change group owner for /var/www directory in Ubuntu Server 12.04. By default that directory meant to be DocumentRoot for Apache 2 web server and own by root. This practice is useful if we want to share the access to several people in webmaster group.


sudo addgroup webmasters

sudo chgrp -R webmasters /var/www

sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod g=rwxs "{}" \;
sudo find /var/www -type f -exec chmod g=rws "{}" \;

sudo gpasswd --add user webmasters
sudo gpasswd --add colleague1 webmasters
sudo gpasswd --add colleague2 webmasters
# etc.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Accessing Nexus 4 USB Storage From Linux

The objectives is to be able to access USB storage on Nexus 4 from my Linux desktop. This way, I can easily copy and/or move files from/to Nexus 4.

1. Enable Developer options:
a. Open Settings
b. Tap 'About phone'
c. Tap on 'Build number' seven (yes, it's 7) times
d. You'll get the notification that Developer options is enabled

2. In settings, you'll find in System tab the Developer options, tap to open it, and then check the USB debugging option


3. Install necessary modules to Linux desktop:
$ sudo apt-get install mtp-tools mtpfs
4. Configure 51-android.rules:
$ sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
5. Paste the following line into the file:
#LG - Nexus 4
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1004", MODE="0666"
6. Make the file executable:
$ sudo chmod +x /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
7. Restart udev
$ sudo service udev restart
8. Create mount point and permissions
$ sudo mkdir /media/nexus4
$ chmod 755 /media/nexus4
9. Plug in Nexus 4 and make sure MTP is enabled


10. Mount with the following command:
$ sudo mtpfs -o allow_other /media/nexus4
11. And unmount it when you have completed your work:
$ sudo umount /media/nexus4

Practically you can do this with every other Android devices. Just plug your Android and use this command to get your idVendor and idProduct information:
$ mtp-detect | grep idVendor
$ mtp-detect | grep idProduct
Use the information on step 5 above, and you're good to go :)