[06:13] <KM0201> is there a way (using video files as ane xample).. you can make the icon " preview".. of the video.. rather than just a general .avi icon?
[06:13] <bioterror> yes
[06:14] <bioterror> was there a size settings for creating thumbnails?
[06:14] <bioterror> or was it thunar
[06:14] <KM0201> i think that was thunar
[06:51] <ubontoo-us3r> what's the command line to edit grub2
[06:51] <bioterror> depends
[06:52] <Unit193> What do you need to change?
[06:52] <ubontoo-us3r> i want to change the default o.s to load
[06:52] <ubontoo-us3r> I mean, i want a certain o.s to load so i dont have to wait when i reboot and press up or down arrow
[06:53] <bioterror> I dont usually wait, I press enter
[06:53] <bioterror> if I want to boot to Windows, I choose Windoze from the menu and press enter
[06:53] <Unit193> You can edit /etc/default/grub
[06:53] <bioterror> otherwise it will boot into GNU/Linux
[06:55] <ubontoo-us3r> unit193  thnx you
[06:55] <Unit193> Remember, it starts counting from zero
[06:57] <Riku_> for some reason on occasion.. my keyboard locks up & usb optical mouse stops working
[16:49] <MoShah> Hi, I'm trying to setup two monitors at the same time and one should be setup as an extended desktop. However, Everytime I restart Lubuntu 11.04 the setting doesn't save and I have to use xrandr again to reset it.
[16:50] <MoShah> Any ideas why this is happening please?
[19:16] <Ogi0n> is there a software out there that helps speed up file transfer betwee hdd ?
[19:18] <avelldiroll> if the bus between the two drives is set up correctly, not really
[19:19] <bioterror> keep those hard drives on different cables if using PATA
[19:20] <avelldiroll> if the performance is below the capacity announced by the drives, there might be a problem there, but appart from choosing a different filesystem depending on your usecase there is not much you can do
[19:20] <Ogi0n> I'm using SATA and im transfering about 150 gig, the problem is the file transfer rate is around 30 MB/s  and it takes about an hour or so to finish
[19:20] <avelldiroll> sata or sata2 ?
[19:20] <bioterror> 30MB/s is okay
[19:21] <bioterror> 30-40MB/s is what you get from 7200RPM hdd
[19:21] <Ogi0n> i think its sata
[19:22] <bioterror> and ofcourse the seek time and so on affects too ;)
[19:22] <Ogi0n> wait i think its sata2 since its a 3Gb/s
[19:22] <avelldiroll> 7200rpm ? size of cache ?
[19:23] <Ogi0n> 72000 RPM 32 Mb cache, 1 TB space
[19:25] <Ogi0n> its tihs one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185   well i guess ill just go afk while it transfer, cuz my comp becomes slow when transfering files and I cant play games like cod. thnx guys
[19:30] <kvarley> How can I copy something as sudo but keep the permissions of the files I'm copying?
[19:30] <kvarley> Usually when I copy things as sudo it means no user who isn't sudo can access them
[19:30] <bioterror> chmod them
[19:31] <kvarley> bioterror: They will have different permissions though as they were created originally by samba users on a zentyal server
[19:31] <bioterror> zentyal :G
[19:31] <kvarley> bioterror: Is there no way to preserve permissions?
[19:31] <kvarley> bioterror: What's wrong with zentyal? lol
[19:33] <bioterror> http://forum.zentyal.org/index.php/topic,5259.msg21472.html :D
[19:34] <bioterror> I'm just too demanding ;)
[19:35] <kvarley> bioterror: I accept that the way it manages network ifaces is pretty weird
[19:36] <kvarley> bioterror: But for the most part it's alright, comes with some goodies configured already for you anyway
[19:36] <bioterror> it was rather okay, it was better than ipcop or ipfire
[19:36] <bioterror> but still, I decided to keep using pfSense
[19:38] <kvarley> This is irritating me somewhat, I can't access /home/samba/shares/InsertShareNameHere because of the permissions
[19:38] <kvarley> But I can't find a way to login as a user that does have the correct permissions :(
[19:38] <bioterror> su user
[19:38] <kvarley> That'll dump me in a su session though?
[19:39] <bioterror> or
[19:39] <bioterror> you can: sudo bash
[19:39] <kvarley> DOH
[19:39] <bioterror> and then: su user
[19:39] <kvarley> I got it
[19:39] <bioterror> with root su'ing to another user, you dont need his passwords
[19:39] <kvarley> For some reason doing smb://serverName/share didn't work
[19:39] <kvarley> But I did network:/// in pcmanfm and went to the server from there and it works
[19:40] <kvarley> bioterror: So doing su user will copy files with the permissions of the user specified and not su?
[19:43] <avelldiroll> kvarley: your are searching for "cp -p" p is for "preserve", (or just use "cp -a")
[19:44] <kvarley> avelldiroll: That'll work, thank you very much! You've saved me some time =D
[19:45] <avelldiroll> kvarley: another way  to do this would be to fine tune your permissions with a sgid on the directory, or using ACLs if you need them
[19:46] <kvarley> ACLs? I have seen that somewhere on the permissions page of the server backend.
[19:51] <avelldiroll>  kvarley | bioterror: What's wrong with zentyal? <-- like all web control panel, the only way to secure them is to know how to do everything without them
[19:55] <Darth_Tux> hi all, setting up l;ubuntu as an ssh server, how after it is set up do i connect from another computer?
[19:56] <bioterror> ssh user@computer
[19:56] <Darth_Tux> bioterror, and what goes where computer is ?
[19:57] <Darth_Tux> i guess that is more the question
[19:57] <bioterror> ssh user@hostname
[19:57] <bioterror> ssh user@ip.add.res.s
[19:57] <bioterror> !ssh | Darth_Tux
[19:57] <avelldiroll> Darth_Tux: ip fqdn or lan name if you have a local dns
[19:57] <bioterror> !sshd | Darth_Tux
[19:58] <bioterror> there you go
[22:32] <Ogi0n> hey guys, i made two accounts,  Admin  and Guest,  how do I make it so that Guest cannot access Admin home folder?
[22:33] <KM0201> Ogi0n: it shouldn't be able to.
[22:33] <KM0201> guest should get a permission error if he/she tries to browse to the Admin Home folder
[22:33] <Ogi0n> it did,  i log out log onto Guest, then went to home folder, go up one level, saw Admin folder and open it., and i can view and open the files of Admin folder
[22:34] <KM0201> hmm
[22:34] <KM0201> that shoudlnt be
[22:34] <KM0201> did you create a home partition?.. or you just using the default install? (/swap and /)
[22:34] <Ogi0n> what do you do to make it not accessible to other users?
[22:34] <Ogi0n> yea
[22:35] <KM0201> Ogi0n: it yeah what?.. thats a two part question
[22:35] <Ogi0n> just default with admin first and all that, now i create a new account called guest that is not admin
[22:35] <Ogi0n> i didnt careate home partition, just the default set up
[22:35] <KM0201> Ogi0n: i dunno, something screwy if the guest account can access the admin folder.
[22:36] <KM0201> unless for some reason, the permissions are being retained when you log out.
[22:36] <Ogi0n> hmm ill try that
[22:46] <Ogi0n> it didnt work when I restart my computer
[22:48] <Ogi0n> Anyone know how I can prevent non-admin user to access Admin home folder?
[23:08] <Ogi0n> ya I got it now, I had to go to Home folder and right click properties  set Permission of Admin to  Others: None
[23:10] <Ogi0n> it would've been nice if it was default
[23:10] <Ogi0n> good thing I use truecrypt, and i got my important files lock up
[23:32] <KM0201> it should have "been" that way by default... not sure why it wasn't.
[23:45] <phillw> KM0201: There is actually an opposite argument going on.... people who go 'ooh, I'll encrypt my home folder' then forget / lose the password. I, and others, do not think that is a really sensible option as there is exactly zero we can do to help them.... it's gone - tough...... these people are used to a 'hack' to bypass security, it is not there!
[23:46] <KM0201> but that wasn't the case here.... his issue didn't have anything to do w/ encryption