Recovering Deleted Files/Data In Ubuntu 9.10

Scalpel is one of the best command line tool to recover deleted files in Ubuntu Linux. It can recover almost all types of files.

It visits data blocks of files sequentially and identifies deleted files and recovers them instantly. You can install it by running following command in your terminal.

sudo apt-get install scalpel

Once installation is complete, you can start to recover your deleted data by using a simple command. Run the following command in terminal to recover your data.

scalpel /dev/sda1 -o output

where 'output' is the name of directory in which scalpel places the recovered files. You can specify any name to this directory, just make sure that this directory should not exist in your system because Scalpel create directory itself. Check the following snapshot to get an overview of how Scalpel searches deleted file.

The time taken by scalpel to recover files depends upon the total disk space and the amount of deleted data in your machine. Further you can check logs of recovery process by viewing audit.txt file in output directory.

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Cheese:Webcam Software for Ubuntu

Cheese is a very good Utility  for the GNOME Desktop which used for  take photos, videos, and anything else you can think of with your webcam. 


Just start it up and shoot! Gather all of your friends around, have some fun! Cheese uses GStreamer to apply fancy effects to photos and videos. It also allows you to take videos. Effects, sharing.


How to install in Ubuntu

open a terminal

$sudo apt-get install cheese  ( or use synaptic package Manager)


Deb Package is available here


[Via Shibhuvarkala]

How to Share Internet Connection in Ubuntu

 The following will explain how to share your Internet connection:



Note: Type all the following commands in a root terminal, DO NOT use sudo.

1. Start by configuring the network card that interfaces to the other computers on you network:

# ifconfig ethX ip

where ethX is the network card and ip is your desired server ip address (Usually 192.168.0.1 is used)

2. Then configure the NAT as follows:

# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ethX -j MASQUERADE

where ethX is the network card that the Internet is coming from

# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

3. Install dnsmasq and ipmasq using apt-get:

# apt-get install dnsmasq ipmasq

4. Restart dnsmasq:

# /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart

5. Reconfigure ipmasq to start after networking has been started:

# dpkg-reconfigure ipmasq

6. Repeat steps 1 and 2.

7. Add the line "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1" to /etc/sysctl.conf

# gedit /etc/sysctl.conf

8. Reboot. (Optional)

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

[Via UbuntuForums.org]

Change your forgotten password in Ubuntu

Following are the steps :

1. Boot up your computer, and when you see the screen that says something like "Press ESC to enter grub," press ESC (the escape key) as soon as you can.


2. Now you should see a menu with many options. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the newest kernel (the one with the highest number) that has "(recovery mode)" written next to it. Now, hit enter (return).

3. Next, your system should boot up normally. BUT, you WILL NOT see the boot splash. Don't worry about that. Lots and lots of text WILL fly past you.

4. Now you are at a root shell.

5. Type
Code:

passwd username

replacing username with your username

6. Now a little thing will come up and say "New UNIX Password" or similar. Type the new password that you want. Hit enter. Type it again. Hit enter

7. Then, your password has been changed! Type

Code:

shutdown -r now

8. Your system is now rebooting. Once it comes back up, login with your new username and password.

Pls Comment !!!

Thanks to Ubuntuforums.org

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