Quick Review: Boxee Box
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Quick Review: Boxee Box
December 27, 2011 – 12:22 am | 3 Comments

Some of the technical issues with Boxee Box could have been fixed if the dev team was paying more attention to addressing the bugs rather than adding “features” of dubious value. In the final analysis, for the price and ease of use, Boxee Box is the best in its class and price range. You just need to be mindful of its limitations and buy it in hope of future improvements to its usability.

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Count users with “last”
November 19, 2005 – 11:15 pm | No Comment
Count users with “last”

Here is a quick example showing how to count users logged in on a particular date using the “last” command on Linux.

Move USER to new primary group
November 19, 2005 – 10:41 pm | No Comment

1. in old user’s home dir.

oldgroup=<oldgroup>
newgroup=<newgroup>
username=<username>
tar cvf – `find . -print` > backup.tar
mkdir /home/users/${newgroup}/${username}
mv backup.tar /home/users/${newgroup}/${username}/
cd /home/users/${newgroup}/${username}/
tar -xvf backup.tar
find . -group ${oldgroup} -exec chgrp ${newgroup}{} \;
find . -type l -group ${oldgroup} -exec chgrp -h ${newgroup}{} …