Run this: mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables --user=root & Then: UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('newpwd') WHERE User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Unfortunately, the info on the mysql site seems to be a bit wrong!

echo ${!file_list} will echo $$file_list, so say $something = john and $cat = ‘something’, echo ${!cat} would be something, gettit?

Hi, welcome to the new site. It’s a work in progress at the moment. It’s also what’s known as a blog, which means web log. I hope you find the site a bit better than the old one, although no doubt you’ll all moan. Remember, I pay £20 a month to have this crap :p

Specify the display before the application: DISPLAY=:0 btdownloadgui.py

List connections in a useful manner: netstat -a -tcp