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#!/bin/sh
#
# make a filesystem.squashfs for use in casper liveCD/liveUSB images
# usage sudo ./do_squashfs rootdir

rm filesystem.squashfs
chroot $1 dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Package} ${Version}\n' > filesystem.manifest
mksquashfs $1 filesystem.squashfs 
printf $(sudo du -sx --block-size=1 $1 | cut -f1) > filesystem.size

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#!/bin/sh
#
# chroot into a rootfs for the same architecture
# usage: sudo ./do_chroot rootdir

echo chrooting into $1
mkdir -p $1/proc
mkdir -p $1/sys
mkdir -p $1/dev

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#!/bin/sh
# /etc shadow fields are as follows: 
# user:passwd:lastchange:minage:maxage:warndays:inactiveperiod:expdate:reserved
# remove root password, change requirement, and age restrictions
sed -e 's/^root:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:/root:::::/' -i etc/shadow

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#!/bin/bash
# Backup a folder of to a Picasa album


if [ ! -n "$1" ]
then
        echo "Backup a directory of photos to Google Picasa"
        echo "Usage: `basename $0` Album_Directory/"
        exit 1
fi