Ubuntu 12.04 Change to Classic Gnome | Unity not doing it for you? Ubuntu 12.04 has a fallback mode which mimics Gnome 2 / Classic Gnome. Yay! To install Gnome Classic/Fallback, install this package: $ sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback Now logout. At the login screen after selecting your login name, click on the Ubuntu icon beside your name to change the session
nessus localhost port
nessus localhost port | Q. What is the default port for Nessus? A. https://localhost:8834
Open Source Auditing Tools
Open Source Auditing Tools | Here are various open source tools that are useful for security auditing! If you are a consultant, or an admin that just likes to be on top of his game, these are free open source tools that help audit the security level of workstations and servers in your environment. Note: These are by nature Linux-friendly
How to Read a Packet Capture .cap File from Command Line
How to Read a Packet Capture .cap File from Command Line | There are a couple of ways to read a packet capture .cap file from the command line. I’ll show you how! tcpdump The tack r filename option for tcpdump will display a capture file onto the screen. Pipe it to less to get something to scroll. $ tcpdump -r mycapturefile.cap | less $ tcpdump -r
cURL Ignore SSL Certificate Warnings
cURL Ignore SSL Certificate Warnings | To ignore any ssl certificate warnings with curl, use the tack k option. Here is an example: $ curl -k https://scottlinux.com $ curl -I -k https://scottlinux.com HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:03 GMT Server: Apache Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=43200; includeSubDomains X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN Set-Cookie: bb2_screener_=1329249603+66.202.152.198; path=/ X-Pingback: http://scottlinux.com/xmlrpc.php Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=lq5dpvfagbdstib7nlg2b8a0m7; path=/ X-Hello: Hello There Vary:
This account is currently not available
This account is currently not available | This account is currently not available If you get this message attempting to ssh in or su’ing as another user, there is no valid shell set for this user. You can quickly inspect this by looking at the /etc/passwd file. Check for an entry that has something like ‘/bin/false’ or ‘/bin/nologin’ for the shell: userdude:x:111:113::/home/userdude:/bin/false
Remote Access Without Opening Ports
Remote Access Without Opening Ports | Q. How can I access my computer or family’s computer remotely without having to open up ports in the firewall? A. Using a [free] third party app is the solution Here are a few free* solutions to connect remotely and keep your home ip ‘stealth’. (*Free for non-commercial use.) These work with Mac OS X,
Which Linux to Use
Which Linux to Use | A common question I hear is ‘Why are there so many different versions of Linux?‘ Especially when there is simply ‘Windows’, or ‘OS X’, it seems logical that there could be a single ‘Linux’, but for various reasons that is not the case. Linux is a multi-purpose operating system used for everything from powering
Install aircrack-ng on Debian Linux
Install aircrack-ng on Debian Linux | Q: How do I install aircrack-ng on Debian? Debian does not include aircrack-ng in its repositories. Compiling aircrack on Debian is not as bad as it sounds. I’ll show you how!
How to Kill Zombie Processes
How to Kill Zombie Processes | Killing zombie processes in Linux or Unix cannot be done, as they are already dead. Often the only solution is to restart your machine. However, it is sometimes possible to kill or restart the parent process which will then often clear out zombie child processes. To show parent/child process hierarchy, use the following command: $