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How to protect your CentOS server from the Shellshock exploit
Shellshock is quite a serious security hole found a couple of days ago in Bash; to check whether your CentOS server is vulnerable run the following in a terminal: env VAR='() { :;}; echo Shellshock vulnerable!’ bash -c “echo Bash Testing” If your system is vulnerable, you will see: Shellshock vulnerable! Bash testing If it…
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How to protect Debian from the Shellshock exploit
Shellshock is quite a serious security hole found a couple of days ago in Bash; to check whether your Debian server is vulnerable run the following in a terminal: env VAR='() { :;}; echo Shellshock vulnerable!‘ bash -c “echo Bash Testing” If your system is vulnerable, you will see: Shellshock vulnerable! Bash testing If it…
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How to protect Ubuntu against the Shellshock exploit
Shellshock is quite a serious security hole found a couple of days ago in Bash; to check whether your Ubuntu server is vulnerable run the following in a terminal: env VAR='() { :;}; echo Shellshock vulnerable!‘ bash -c “echo Bash Testing” If your system is vulnerable, you will see: Shellshock vulnerable! Bash…
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Debian: How to see what has recently been upgraded or updated through apt-get
Forgotten what it was you last updated, or want to check what someone else has been updating? There’s a log file for that, and it’s located at: /var/log/apt/history.log To view it, run: less /var/log/apt/history.log Looking for an older logfile? They’re kept, too. To see the other log files available, view the…
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Thunderbird and Google Apps or Gmail – wrong password message despite correct password being entered
This is a frustrating issue – you have youreslf a shiny new Gmail or Google apps account, but for some reason when you try to add the account to Thunderbird it complains about your password being incorrect: Configuration could not be verified – is the user name or password wrong? After double checking…
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ZFS on Linux: Zpool import failed
We upgraded a Proxmox box today which was running ZFS and ran into this rather scary looking error: zpool: ../../lib/libzfs/libzfs_import.c:356: Assertion `nvlist_lookup_uint64(zhp->zpool_config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_GUID, &theguid) == 0′ failed. Zpools would not import and zpool status did not work. Resolved (so far, anyhow, still testing) by running: apt-get install zfsutils Another good reason…
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How to auto mount samba or cifs shares in OS X Mavericks
After mounting your shares using Command+K in Finder, go to: Settings -> Users and Groups -> Click on the lock to allow changes Select “Login items” at the top, click on the plus symbol, then find your server on the left pane: Click on the samba/CIFS share you wish to automount, then…
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Asus DSL-AC68U Dual Band AC-1900 modem router review – Part 01
Welcome to Part 01 of our Asus DSL-AC68U modem router review! This is Asus’ latest effort and it sports a pretty impressive spec sheet; Wireless router + ADSL modem Dual CPUs to assist with range and stability USB 3.0 port – printer sharing, file sharing, 3G/4G internet dongle Asus AiCloud – Asus’ home cloud…
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Google analytics: How to add a new website to your account
It would seem that Google have changed the layout of their Analytics dashboard since we last looked, and someone asked us how to add a new website to their account. It’s much less obvious: Admin -> Property drop down box -> look at the bottom of the box (may require scrolling your browser…
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Where does XQuartz install to on OS X Mavericks?
If you’re trying to find XQuartz for an application (e.g. Inkscape) you should find it in: /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz Note that for Inkscape you will need to click “Browse” to get to Applications/Utilities, it probably won’t load into the list it presents you with.