Ubuntu Tips

General Changes

dash is the default shell linked to /bin/sh. This can cause a number of problems with some scripts. To change /bin/sh back to bash use the following command.

dpkg-reconfigure dash

Admin Commands

allow a user to sudo

sudo adduser <username> 
sudo adduser <username> admin

Apache

remake ssl snakeoil cert

sudo make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite

Disable default site

a2dissite default

Enable ldap

a2enmod authnz_ldap