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Adding a new user to MySQL and other basic mysql commands

By jeltsch on Mon, 09/18/2006 - 06:18

Crontab entry to backup all mysql databases to a file every midnight:
0 0 * * * mysqldump -u mjeltsch -h localhost --all-databases | gzip -9 > /home/mjeltsch/Documents/mysqldump.gz > /dev/null

Granting privileges to users connecting from localhost:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'michael'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Granting privileges to users connecting from everywhere:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'michael'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Kernel parameters for Macintosh Powerbook 3500/G3 ("Kanga")

By jeltsch on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 20:00

I am trying to get Xubuntu 6 installed on my old Powerbook. The problem seems to be the video mode. The installer starts but the screen output is addressed only to the upper half of the monitor and is additionally garbeled although one can still guess what's going on. According to a list on the internet the kernel parameters one should pass using BootX it should read:

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