Making ISO Images in Linux

Traditionally I used UltraISO to make my ISO images in Windows. As a linux power user, I needed a way to directly making my ISO images in it. Hopefully linux has a good tool called: mkisofs
My system hadn't it so I needed to install it first:

MyServer:~# aptitude install mkisofs

After that I typed this command to make an ISO file:

mkisofs -o /tmp/cd.iso /tmp/directory/

But it has a weak point! mkisofs, by default doesn't go deeply in directories. So you must force it to do by "-D" switch:

mkisofs -D -o /tmp/cd.iso /tmp/directory/

Also we can make an ISO image directly from CD, DVD or our SCSI optical drive:

dd if=/dev/dvd of=dvd.iso # for dvd
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso # for cdrom
dd if=/dev/scd0 of=cd.iso # if cdrom is scsi

That's it :D. Thanks to Scott Granneman for his guide.

Administrating Mailman from Shell

Some useful commands for administrating mailman from shell:

1. add_members -> Add members to a list from the command line.
2. check_db -> Check the integrity of a list's database file
3. check_perms -> Check permissions of Mailman's files
4. clone_member -> Clone a Mailman subscriber address
5. config_list -> Configure a Mailman list from a text file description
6. find_member -> Find all Mailman lists that a member's address is on
7. list_admins -> List all the owners of a Mailman mailing list.
8. list_lists -> List all Mailman mailing lists on this host
9. list_members -> List all the members of a Mailman list
10. mmarch -> Rebuild a Mailman list's archive.
11. mmsitepass -> Set the Mailman site password, prompting from the terminal.
12. newlist -> Create a new, unpopulated mailing list.
13. rmlist -> Remove the components of a mailing list with impunity - beware!
14. remove_members -> Remove members from a list.
15. sync_members -> Synchronize a mailing list's membership with a flat file.
16. withlist -> General framework for interacting with a mailing list object.