Author: raulmonsalve

Automatic Mounting of NTFS Drive on Ubuntu

~ raulmonsalve

To automatically mount an NTFS drive on Ubuntu at startup with RW permissions for all users, add the following line to /etc/fstab:

UUID=146A91D346A61CBD4 /media/DATA ntfs-3g exec,rw,umask=000,users,gid=users,nls=utf8 0 0

where the UUID number for your NTFS partition can be found at the command line by entering:

sudo blkid

NXServer 3.5 and Ubuntu 12.04

~ raulmonsalve

Sometimes, when accessing a machine with Ubuntu 12.04 (or newer) running NXServer 3.5 from a system running NXClient 3.5 or OpenNX, all you can see is a screen with a desktop picture but no panels or menus.

In this case it is necessary to edit the file /usr/NX/etc/node.cfg on the server in order for it to default the virtual desktop to 2D, without effects.

Almost at the end of the file change the line CommandStartGnome to one of the following:

For Unity:

CommandStartGnome = "/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d"

 

For Gnome Classic:

CommandStartGnome = “/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-classic”

SSH Tunneling

~ raulmonsalve

Problem: it is necessary to connect your local PC to a remote PC using a service that uses an unencrypted connection, or a port number not allowed on the network. Instead, we would like to perform this connection using an encrypted mechanism and an allowed port number.

Solution: SSH Tunneling. This method works as long as the remote computer has an SSH server, and you know which port it is listening to, usually port 22.

Example: the service (such as a Remote Desktop Application) uses port 4000 between the client and server. We want to tunnel this application through port 22, using SSH which is an encrypted mechanism. Here, ‘user’ and ‘server_address’ have to be replaced by your actual user name and name or IP address of the remote computer.

>> ssh -L 4000:localhost:4000 user@server_address

If we needed to use a port different from 22, we have to use the argument ‘-p new_port_number’, as follows (if port 345 is to be used):

>> ssh -p 345 -L 4000:localhost:4000 user@server_address

After the SSH tunnel has been established, the client and server ends of the application (Remote Desktop, for example) have to be launched, and should be able to communicate.

Nice PDF Editor for Unix

~ raulmonsalve

(From http://www.ubuntugeek.com/list-of-pdf-editing-tools-for-ubuntu.html)

Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.

 

Examples

Merge Two or More PDFs into a New Document:
pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf cat output 123.pdf

or (Using Handles):
pdftk A=1.pdf B=2.pdf cat A B output 12.pdf

or (Using Wildcards):
pdftk *.pdf cat output combined.pdf

Split Select Pages from Multiple PDFs into a New Document:
pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output combined.pdf

Rotate the First Page of a PDF to 90 Degrees Clockwise:
pdftk in.pdf cat 1E 2-end output out.pdf:

Rotate an Entire PDF Document’s Pages to 180 Degrees:
pdftk in.pdf cat 1-endS output out.pdf

Encrypt a PDF using 128-Bit Strength (the Default) and Withhold All Permissions (the Default):
pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foopass

Same as Above, Except a Password is Required to Open the PDF:
pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foo user_pw baz

Same as Above, Except Printing is Allowed (after the PDF is Open):
pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foo user_pw baz allow printing

Decrypt a PDF:
pdftk secured.pdf input_pw foopass output unsecured.pdf

Join Two Files, One of Which is Encrypted (the Output is Not Encrypted):
pdftk A=secured.pdf mydoc.pdf input_pw A=foopass cat output combined.pdf

Uncompress PDF Page Streams for Editing the PDF Code in a Text Editor:
pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.clear.pdf uncompress

Repair a PDF’s Corrupted XREF Table and Stream Lengths (If Possible):
pdftk broken.pdf output fixed.pdf

Burst a Single PDF Document into Single Pages and Report its Data to doc_data.txt:
pdftk mydoc.pdf burst

Report on PDF Document Metadata, Bookmarks and Page Labels:
pdftk mydoc.pdf dump_data output report.txt