Linux Basic Commands

Linux Basic Commands most users will need.

General Linux/HDA Commands

Fedora (root user)

Command	Action
systemctl restart httpd.service	restart web server
dnf -y update	automatically update Fedora
rpm -q hda-platform	check to see what version of HDA you're running

Ubuntu (precede with sudo)

Command	Action
service apache2 restart	restart web server
apt-get -y upgrade	automatically update Ubuntu

NOTE: Must be run from the /var/hda/platform/html/script directory.

Command	Action
first-admin	returns name of first admin user
reset-user-password	reset a forgotten user password

NOTE: Can be run from anywhere (located in /usr/bin).

Command	Action
hda-change-gw	change gateway/router IP address
hda-change-dns	change DNS provider for HDA
hda-install-gem	install a specific Ruby Gem
hda-create-db-and-user	create MySql user and database
hda-new-install	DEPRECATED
hda-php-zone-change	change time zone
hda-refresh-shares	refresh HDA shares
hda-alias	SYSTEM USE ONLY
hda-fix-sudoers	SYSTEM USE ONLY
hda-install	Amahi 7 or greater ONLY
hda-install-file	SYSTEM USE ONLY
hda-register-apps	SYSTEM USE ONLY
hda-settings	Dumps current settings
hda-update-webapps	SYSTEM USE ONLY
hda-add-apache-sudoers	SYSTEM USE ONLY
hda-diskmount	Used to mount disk drives
hda-gems-install	SYSTEM USE ONLY

Command	Action
e2fsck -c /dev/sdb1	Check hard drive sdb1 for errors
nscd -i hosts	Clear DNS cache on HDA
amahi-download	similar to wget, but uses SHA1