How to get sudo privilage in debian lenny

Normally in debian lenny we can use only su to become the root ifwe nee to use the sudo power then we have to edit the /etc/sudoers file
first become root by using su

ganesh@debian:~$ su
Password:
debian:/home/ganesh# visudo

Now add the username to the list..
ganesh  ALL=(ALL) ALL

am attaching the scrrenshots

How to make your own custom dist or custom ubuntu

I made a custom ubuntu distribution(ubuntu 10.04) with all these packages for electronics and electrical students  with all these packages installed in it....

1. texmaker
   kile
   lyx
   scipy
   numpy
   sympy
   gap
   maxima
   gnuplot
   xfig
   dr.geo
   scilab
   ocatve
   qtoctave
   Rkwrd(gnu r)
   emacs
   labplot
   electric-electrical cad
   gnusim8085
   gpsim
   gresistor
   gwave
   kicad
   ktechlab
   qucs
   piklab
   avrdude
   simulavr
   ngspice
   geany
   grass
   splat
   bluefish editor
   emu8051
   eric
   geda-gschem
   gperiodic
   Sagemath
   Geogebra

I used Remastersys backup tool for this ......
http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/
Its is simple for beginners to use the gui and for experienced users can use thecommand line you can akso take the backup including the userdata by using remastersys

Remastersys can be found in synaptic after adding this line in /etc/apt/sources.lst
# Remastersys
deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository karmic/

How to fix apache the problem i faced!!!!!!!!

While trying ti install moinmoin a python based wiki engine i faced a weird problem with apache server after installtion when i tried to restart apaches it displayed a n error like this.....

* Restarting web server apache2                                                                               apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
 ... waiting ..apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

This is how i solved the problem.....


ganesh@linux:~$ sudo kate /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

am now using kubuntu so i used kate as text editor instead of kate u can use gedit,vi etc

By default httpd.conf file will be blank. Now, simply add the following line to the file.
ServerName localhost
Save and exit the text editor
Now restart the apache using the command

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

my screenshots are given below discard the errors shown while opening the file with kate k....

Happy Hacking.............