Ubuntu 12.04 and Gnome Classic

Ubuntu 12.04 is here. Apparently it is way better than ever, at least thats what I heard ”through the grapevine”. But I am really annoyed by the obscurity and obnoxiousness of Unity and like some things to be as they ”always has been”. Here´s a quick way to make your brand new 12.04 ubuntu run with Classic Gnome! Go to the ”Software Center” Search for ”gnome shell” <– without quotes ;) Mark the gnome shell … Continue reading

Linux is safe? Linux security?

Linux is a safe system…….. When talking about IT security often people mention that Linux security is the highest/best one ;) Yeah it is, most of the time. Some bugs do at time pop up. This one is a ”old” one but probably alot of systems do still run the exploitable versions :) rofl I got this from a colleague after some Linux / patching discussions. ———————————————————————- Phenoelit Advisory <wir-haben-auch-mal-was-gefunden #0815 +–++> [ Authors ] … Continue reading

Linux basics Pt.2

Part 2: Some files are in a compressed state often in the format xx.xx.xx.tar.gz to get them out you will need to ”untar and unzip” them. use the cmd(command): tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz these files are first tar´red and then compressed (gzipped) to make one of these yourself use: tar -cvf archive.tar files and then once they´re tarred use: gzip file the reason is that gzip only ”takes” one file You probably have a CD-Rom on … Continue reading

Linux Basics Pt.1

This is some OldStuff from back in the days :=) Part 1: Most of you have probably been using Windows for a while and hopefully you know what a DOS-prompt is… Yeah? good. Nope?? Go To.. ->Start (the button) –> Run –> here you type –>cmd and hit the OK button. Now you know too. Commands in DOS aka DOS commands, actually MSdos commands but hey lets keep it simple ;) Now… In Linux you … Continue reading

Gammalt 2 (SV)

=) and again: LINUX KOMMANDON “FOR NEWBIEZ”. Detta dokument är till för dig som vill “lattja” lite I CL-läge (Command Line) och inte har hållit på överhuvudtaget med *NIX. När du väl loggat in: Om du har det ”grafiska” igång, tryck Ctrl+Alt+F2 (detta kommer att växla till console-läget). Logga nu in i det ”Icke-grafiska” läget. Använd användaren root. För att ställa in default(standard) boot till icke grafiskt läge; Skriv: pwd Verifiera att du ”står” i … Continue reading

Gammalt (SV)

And Yet another old page ;)   Shell script Shell script i Linux/Unix är i stort sett det samma som BAT fils programmering i DOS/Windows. Enda skillnaden är hur filen är uppbyggd. alla shell-script börjar med raden –> !#/Sökvägen_till_shell_programmet_som_skall_köra_filen. Innehållet i en shell-scriptfil exekveras radvis uppifrån och ner (i stort iaf). Beroende på vilket shell du använder finns olika kommandon. Det vanligaste shellet är bash (Bourne Again Shell) men förekomster av Tsh Ksh Csh Ash … Continue reading