Linux, shell scripting, distributions
Distribution Evaluation – Ubuntu 20.10 Distribution Evaluation – Ubuntu 20.10 is the latest release of Ubuntu (Code named Groovy Gorilla). This is a short term release which means it will be supported for nine months, but there is an easy upgrade path to the next release. Ubuntu has many of the Debian releases. There is […]
Privilege Manipulation with Sudo starts with the sudoers file in /etc/. Root can share some or all rights with users. […]
Finding things in Linux is not complicated once you know a few commands. In the article we look at find, locate, and whereis commands. […]
Making unbreakable passwords is a challenge. One that you need to win. Unbreakable passwords don’t need to be impossible to make. […]
Understanding Man Pages is important when you are working with Linux as these are the manual pages (help section). […]
Distribution Evaluation – Kali Linux 20.4. Kali is a toolkit for pentesting and forensics. Kali Linux is perfect for administrators. […]
Distribution Evaluation – Linux Mint 20. Comes with the Cinnamon Desktop Linux Mint is a great general purpose distribution. […]
Shell Scripting – Functions. An introduction to functions for the Bash shell. Functions play an important role in shell scripting. […]
Shell Scripting – Case Statements make it easier and more elegant to code choices when shell scripting than IF statements. […]
Shell Scripting – The IF statement. The most common form of decision construct in shell scripting is the IF statement. […]