This document provides information on common Ubuntu commands for privileges, networking, and file management. It lists sudo commands for running programs as root or other users, networking commands like ifconfig and iwconfig for viewing network information and scanning for wireless networks, and files like /etc/network/interfaces for manual network configuration. Visual sudo dialogs are also included for GNOME and KDE along with commands for opening root file managers in each desktop environment.

1. Ubuntu Reference
Privileges Network
sudo command – run command as root ifconfig – show network information
sudo su – open a root shell iwconfig – show wireless information
sudo su user – open a shell as user sudo iwlist scan – scan for wireless networks
sudo -k – forget sudo passwords sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart – reset
gksudo command – visual sudo dialog (GNOME) network
kdesudo command – visual sudo dialog (KDE) (file) /etc/network/interfaces – manual
sudo visudo – edit /etc/sudoers configuration
gksudo nautilus – root file manager (GNOME) ifup interface – bring interface online
kdesudo konqueror – root file manag