====== Find a password in a postgres database ======
<code shell>
psql blah                  ; open the database named 'blah' and goto postgres command prompt

Welcome to psql 8.0.6, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
       \h for help with SQL commands
       \? for help with psql commands
       \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
       \q to quit

paradocs=# select * from password_table where username = 'user1';
</code>

====== Mutt mail Howto ======
useful text email client.

Info found here: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cets/answers/movemail.html

<code shell>
mutt
</code>

The above command brings you into the common mail spool, which is where all incoming mail comes to. When you quit mutt, it often asks if you want to save your read messages to /*/mbox where * is your username. This basically is moving or saving your read email to different location.

To view email saved to an alterante location:

<code>
type the letter 'c' while in mutt
</code>

====== Disk, RAID, LVM Howtos ======
This was moved to
  * http://nickyeates.com/technology/unix/raid_filesystem_lvm

====== Problems when booting ======
  * Console while botting
    * CTRL+ALT+F1 to get a terminal
    * CTRL+ALT+F7 to get back to X windows
  * Cant boot to OS, use LiveCD
    * LiveCD -> chroot-> aptitude remove evms (example)

====== Connecting to a windows shared folder in Linux ======
===== From RedHat Fedora =====

  - Click Applications and select Network Servers.
  - Double-click Windows Network.
  - Double-click domain ex: nickyeates.
  - Double-click computer name ex: XPWIN - click OK on the error message and click File and select Connect to Server.
  - Select Windows share for Service type.
  - Enter computer name ex: xpwin for Server.
  - Enter share name ex: linuxbkup for Folder.
  - Enter your username (username to access shared folder)
  - Enter a name for Name to use for connection
  - Click Connect
  - Enter username, password, domain, check to both checkboxes to use for duration and remember.

===== From unix command =====
<code>mount -t smbfs -o username=Administrator/nickyeates,password=**** //xpwin/linuxbkup /media/EXTERNAL</code>

===== Added to /etc/fstab =====
<code>//xpwin/linuxbkup /media/EXTERNAL        smbfs   username=Administrator/nickyeates,password=**** 0 0</code>