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I've installed the cisco vpn client by running:

sudo apt install vpnc network-manager-vpnc network-manager-vpnc-gnome

When I try to connect to it however, it's asking me for a Group Password. My connection credentials don't include a group password, and I don't need one to connect to the same vpn using windows 10. There is an option to select "The password is not required" for the Group Password, but when I try to connect its still prompting me for a Group Password.

Is there a way to connect to the Cisco VPN without entering a Group Password?

I want to run sql from the command line:

mysql -u user -p database -e "INSERT INTO table VALUES ( NULL, [hash] , NOW(), 0);

I want to replace [hash] with the response of another command line command:

date +%s | md5sum

Is there a way to make that substitution?

My Ubuntu laptop died recently and I've pulled the hard drive out of it. I'm trying to read the data on it from a windows 8.1 laptop but I don't think its recognizing the file system.

I've tried installing an ubuntu virtualbox VM but it's unable to detect the hard drive.

I'm currently unable to dual boot due to lack of blank CD's... is there a way to read the hard drive using Windows 8.1?

After upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04, virtual box stopped working.

I've run the following to try to fix it:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install dkms
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

but when i run the last command I get:

bash: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory

When I try

sudo /etc/init.d/virtualbox start

I get:

 * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules
 * No suitable module for running kernel found

I've also tried:

sudo dkms install virtualbox/4.1.2

and got:

Error! Could not find module source directory.
Directory: /usr/src/virtualbox-4.1.2 does not exist.

I've also tried installing linux headers:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

but they were already installed.

From what I've read re-installing may not fix the problem. Is there a way I can fix virtual box?