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How To Patch and Protect OpenSSL Vulnerability # CVE-2015-0291 CVE-2015-0204...

On 19th March 2015, multiple high and moderate severity level vulnerabilities released in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit used in a Linux and Unix-like systems. How can I fix these...

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Debian/Ubuntu Linux: Find If Installed Package Includes a Fix/Patch Via CVE...

I am a Debian Linux serer user. How do I view the changelog of an installed package and find out if given CVE includes a fix or patch? How do I see a fix or patch already applied to installed package...

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HowTo Debian/Ubuntu Linux Auto Mount Windows NTFS File System [ntfs-3g]nixCraft

I'm dual booting MS-Windows with a Debian / Ubuntu Linux desktop. How can I auto mount a drive containing a MS-Windows NTFS file system on a Linux based systems?

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RHEL / CentOS Linux 7 Enable Ping Access In Docker ContainernixCraft

I'm using RHEL 7.1-4 container on a RHEL /CentOS Linux 7.x server. However, I'm unable to ping external site/IP address using the ping command. I'm getting the following error on screen:ping: Operation...

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HowTo Block Internet Explorer Browser With Squid Proxy Server on a Linux/Unix...

I want to block Internet Explorer (MS-IE) browser on a squid proxy server running on a Linux or Unix-like systems. How can I block IE on a squid proxy server version 3.x? You need to setup an acl on a...

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CentOS/RHEL Use yum Command To Downgrade or Rollback UpdatesnixCraft

I'm a CentOS Linux 7.x server user. How can I use yum command to downgrade or rollback package updates on a RHEL (Red Hat)/CentOS/Scientific Linux server?

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RHEL / Centos Linux 7: Change and Set Hostname CommandnixCraft

I'm a new RHEL (Red Hat Linux) and/or CentOS Linux 7 server user. How can I change the hostname in CentOS 7 using a command line option?

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Linux/Unix: OpenSSH Multiplexer To Speed Up OpenSSH ConnectionsnixCraft

How can I multiplex SSH sessions by setting up a master session and then having subsequent sessions go through the master to speed up my ssh connection on a Linux or Unix-like operating systems?

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How To CentOS / RHEL 7 Install Gnome Desktop Using YumnixCraft

I installed minimal CentOS Linux 7.x on my laptop. How can I install Gnome desktop GUI on a RHEL (Red Hat) 7 or CentOS Linux 7 system using command line option?

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How To Patch and Protect Linux Server Against the VENOM Vulnerability #...

A very serious security problem has been found in the virtual floppy drive QEMU's code used by many computer virtualization platforms including Xen, KVM, VirtualBox, and the native QEMU client. It is...

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How to run sudo command without a password on a Linux or UnixnixCraft

I'm a new Unix system user. How do I use sudo command without a password on a Linux or Unix-like systems?

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Linux exit from lxc-console keyboard shortcutnixCraft

I'm using Debian Linux server with Linux Containers (lxc). How do I disconnect and exit from an lxc-console to a shell prompt without closing ssh session? You need to use the to log in to a running...

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Learning bash scripting for beginnersnixCraft

Bash (Bourne-Again SHell) is a Linux and Unix-like system shell or command language interpreter. It is a default shell on many operating systems including Linux and Apple OS X. If you have always used...

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SSH ProxyCommand example: Going through one host to reach another servernixCraft

How do I use and jump through one server to reach another using ssh on a Linux or Unix-like systems? Is it possible to connect to another host via an intermediary so that the client can act as if the...

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Linux / Unix – crontab: no crontab for user using an empty one error and...

I am trying to set cronjob on a Unix systems by running the crontab -e command. But, I'm getting the following error:crontab: no crontab for veryv - using an empty one crontab: "/usr/bin/vi" exited...

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Debian/Ubuntu Linux: Restrict an SSH user session to a specific directory by...

I setup a web-server. I need to grant a user ssh access but I do not trust users. How can I limit user session to a specific directory such as /home/httpd/$USERNAME? How do I set up a ssh chroort jail...

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Linux/Unix: How To Extract and Decompress a .bz2/.tbz2 FilenixCraft

I've a file called foo.bz. How do I extract or decompress a .bz2 file on a Linux or Unix-like systems using command line options?

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How To Setup a LAMP Server on Debian Linux 8 (Jessie)nixCraft

How can I setup up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP) stack on Debian Linux version 8 (Jessie) using command line options?

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How To Find Out FreeBSD Version and Patch Level NumbernixCraft

How do I find out my FreeBSD server version and patch level of the installed system using command line option?

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Bash: Find out the exit codes of all piped commandsnixCraft

How do I get exit status of process that's piped to another (for e.g. 'netstat -tulpn | grep nginx') on a Linux or Unix-like system using a bash shell?

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