CompTIA Security+ passed :)

Today is a great day :) I have dealt with the CompTIA Security+ exam. It was easiest than I had thought before but I took a few nights without sleeping. But I managed finally. What have I been learning for it? First of all CBT Nuggets series. It covers almost all what you need to know when it comes to this exam. And of course I suggest going through the examcollection.com site for being sure you are able to pass it. My helpers for the exam. Enjoy and pass it :)

How to download files from YouTube?

Simply, use this script followed by the file link :)

Google search reference :)

Don't know how to search the Google for specific results? Don't worry. Look at this :)
Link

Duplicated UUIDs for Virtual Box HDs

Simply, invoke the commane:

VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid WinXPCl2.vdi

Set a GRUB menu background...

It's time to make my (and maybe your) Debian system more beautiful. It's a pretty simple action but the effect is really good. So (as my boss usually says especially when we don't have more subjects to be talked about:)) - GO TO WORK!

1. Prepare a splash image by doing one of the following actions:
- install a splash images collection

- prepare your own image according to the rules (og course in the GIMP software)

2. Open the grub_background.sh file in your favorite editor (of course in the Vi:))

3. Enter the full path to your image in the first line of the script

4. Save the file, update the grub and reboot the system.

5. The result in my system looks like the following one.

How to adjust date and time in machine running on Virtual Box?

VBoxManage modifyvm Win7 --biossystemtimeoffset $[($(date -d '2011-07-20 11:00:00' +%s)-$(date +%s))*1000]

:)

Setting of shares for VirtualBox with Linux as a guest OS

Pretty clear explanation here!