Themes This blog post: http://jfnlinuxproject.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/windows-10-theme.html has a list of links and screenshots that show a themed desktop that looks roughly like Windows 10. This does need more work. But I am sure that you could make a Linux desktop resemble Windows 10 if you so wished. In time, there will be an actual Windows 10 … Read more
Finding the location of an installed program can be annoying. But this is how to find where a program is. The whereis(1) command will print out the installed locations of various programs. darkstar:~/Documents> whereis tcsh tcsh: /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/tcsh /usr/share/man/man1/tcsh.1.gzdarkstar:~/Documents> whereis tcsh tcsh: /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/tcsh /usr/share/man/man1/tcsh.1.gz The find command will also allow you to locate an … Read more
This post will explain how to fork() off a daemon process from a program in C. This is good if you wish to run a process on a machine after the program has finished and you have been returned to the command prompt. The sample program below uses the int daemon(int nochdir, int noclose); function … Read more
This is a simple random number example in C. This will print a random number from 1 – 64. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main (void) { srand(time(NULL)); int r = rand() % 64; printf("Random INT: %i\n", r); return 0; }#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main (void) { srand(time(NULL)); int r … Read more
The hydra brute forcing program allows a user to attack a login trying many passwords until the correct login information is discovered. I have tried this on localhost and I managed to crack the password for my SSH login on my laptop. I used rockyou.txt downloaded from this website and I had to add my … Read more
How to define a string and print it out with the printf() function. #include <stdio.h> /* Defining a global string. */ #define hi "Hello Sire." int main(void) { /* Printing out the string. */ printf("%s\n", hi); return 0; }#include <stdio.h> /* Defining a global string. */ #define hi "Hello Sire." int … Read more
The /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections directory in Debian and Ubuntu stores files that are named after the WIFI networks you have connected to. These contain the passwords for the wireless networks that your machine has connected to. Here is a sample file. [connection] id=detportal uuid=539c7711-95ba-4f0a-8797-33d32ec779d7 type=802-11-wireless [802-11-wireless] ssid=detportal mode=infrastructure security=802-11-wireless-security [802-11-wireless-security] key-mgmt=wpa-psk psk=detportal [ipv4] method=auto … Read more
The hwinfo command for Linux will allow the user to get hardware information from the command line. Type sudo apt-get install hwinfo to install this command. It will be installed in the /sbin directory and therefore, you will need superuser privileges to execute this command and get the hardware information. jason@darkstar:~$ sudo apt-get install hwinfojason@darkstar:~$ … Read more