Day: July 28, 2015

Useful Linux weblinks. Very interesting information.

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https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~gilpin/tutorial/. Debugging Under Unix: gdb Tutorial. http://docs.kali.org/general-use/starting-metasploit-framework-in-kali. Setting up the Metasploit framework in Kali Linux. http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8154. Using the netdiscover command on Linux to scan for hosts on a network. https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/10/10/watch-netflix-in-ubuntu-today/. Watch Netflix on Ubuntu with the Google Chrome browser and ditch Windows on your media center machine. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/how-can-i-list-directories-only-in-linux-375219/. How to list only directories when using … Read more

How to search for files on a Windows machine with the command line. And some other useful tricks.

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This command will search a directory recursively to find files matching a pattern. C:\Users\Homer>where /R C:\Users\homer\Documents *.txt C:\Users\Homer\Documents\age-of-ultron-script-outline.txt C:\Users\Homer\Documents\windows10key.txt C:\Users\Homer\Documents\Downloads\Linux The Complete Manual 2nd Edition (TRUE PDF)\Torrent downloaded from AhaShare.com.txt C:\Users\Homer\Documents\Downloads\Linux The Complete Manual 2nd Edition (TRUE PDF)\Torrent Downloaded From ExtraTorrent.cc.txt C:\Users\Homer\Documents\Downloads\Linux The Complete Manual 2nd Edition (TRUE PDF)\tracked_by_h33t_com.txt C:\Users\Homer\Documents\Downloads\Linux The Complete Manual 2nd Edition … Read more

How to get information out of the system logfiles on Linux. Showing failed logins.

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There are a few ways to get information out of the /var/log files using the Linux command line. Here are a few examples. Show the history of apt commands on your Linux box with this command. jason@eyjafjallajkull:~$ grep ‘Commandline: ‘ /var/log/apt/history.log Commandline: apt-get upgrade Commandline: apt-get install gnome-alsamixer Commandline: apt-get install indicator-sound-switcher Commandline: apt-get upgrade … Read more