Ubuntu Security :: Cpuid Patch Listed As Systems Boots When Booting Up The System?
Apr 13, 2010When booting up the system I noticed that there is a statement of a CPUid patch listed as systems boots.
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General :: File System Is Best For USB Drives For Booting Systems?
Sep 29, 2010iv been looking around at the different Linux systems particularity the smaller ones such as DSL, Slax and Puppy Linux. However i need a Linux distribution that doesn't have a GUI desktop environment just the plain old terminal to work on. The system would have to be able to boot from a USB drive also. If anyone knows a systems that fits those requirements or something else related please post. Also what file system is best for USB drives for booting systems?
View 4 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Automate And Track Patch Management For Ubuntu / It's Systems
Jul 30, 2010I've inherited the following Virtual Machine scenario and am new to Linux Administration and Patch Management. The Host Operating System is Windows 2003 Enterprise, which has VMware Server 2.0.2 installed. Under the VMware Server 2.0.2 I have a Ubuntu 32-bit OS web server running Apache2 Web Services. When I log onto the Ubuntu server (9.10 32-bit) I see the following two lines just above the new mail/last logon lines.
85 packages can be updated
55 updates are security updates
I would like to see at least a summary of each update and its urgency so I can notify the various developers/server owners to get their input regarding whether we should or should not apply that particular update to the server. We apply the patches in our test/dev environment first then once vetted there we roll them out to our production servers. What I am looking for is a way to automate the gathering of the information and once approval has been received automating the actual patching process so that I do not have to manually perform the apt-get process for each separate package needed/approved.
Ideally I would like a recommendation for a GUI based package to manage this process and that is capable of generating the appropriate reports for the 'powers that be' regarding the current security/patch management environment. For proof of concept I would like a free version that is not hamstrung in functionality but is not too costly to procure the production version with no limitations.
Ubuntu :: Tri Booting Old Operating Systems?
Oct 30, 2010I have a dual-boot ubuntu-Windows XP computer, and today, while rummaging in the basement, found some Windows 3.1 floppies. My laptop has no floppy drive, but just to ask, can you intsall old OSs (Winows 3, Mac OS 7)on your PC to make it tri boot if you already have some modern operating systems? And I've seen that old Operating systems can be downloaded, so how do you install those?
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Booting With Multiple Operating Systems?
Jan 13, 2010I have both windows XP home and Ubuntu 9.10 installed on my computer. I started with Ubuntu 8.04 (i think that was the number) and it has updated a few times since then. You see the thing is that when I choose an operating system at the boot up, it lists all of the updates to ubuntu. so there are like 12 options to choose from besides windows XP and Ubuntu 9.10.
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Dual Booting & Backing Up Of Both Systems
Jun 1, 2010I am trying to find out the best way to setup my new quad core PC. My thoughts were to use Windows 7 64bit for games and ubuntu 10.04 64bit for everything else eg, movies,photos,music, docs etc, email and web browsing backup ubuntu fully and backup an image of windows or backup both systems fully.There are several ways to do this from the googling i have done, but unsure what is the best method Option
1) Install windows, install ubuntu by partition hardrive - standard easy process.
2) Install windows, install vmware player 3, install ubuntu -URL...
3) Install windows on one hardrive and install ubuntu on another hardrive - have not been able to find a tutorial for 10.04 yet
All of the above options i have no idea how to backup both systems.My reasoning for wanting ubuntu is because of my bad experience with windows( viruses, malware, and operating system getting slower over time). Seeing that my PC will be used by all of my family, i do not want them to use windows if possible. If a dual boot system was to be used, master would be Ubuntu and slave windows, ie when my family turns on PC ubuntu loads.
Installation :: Quick Dual Booting Operating Systems
Jul 26, 2010I have no clue how Linux works and I haven't had much experience installing/dual booting operating systems. Most of my knowledge in computers comes from fixing errors with crappy hardware or Windows. Now I want to learn how to use a computer instead of how to fix it. Hence, I want to have Windows & Linux on my computer. My laptop(Acer Aspire 4530) has two hard drives, one is Vista and the other was empty(until I filled it with stuff). What is the simplest method to install Linux (or any of its variations) on this computer? Do I just install/partition all of Drive B to Linux and leave Drive A for Vista?
View 3 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: TOR Git Repo Security Patch?
Jan 16, 2011This post concerns info found at [URL]. My question is: How do I get the patch. The author makes ref. to "his" git repo and the patch for TOR. I guess the patch allows the use of some compile time options that can harden the build. I looked through the change log of TOR and couldn't see any of the options referenced by Jacob in his post. I have read on the net that compile time hardening options are part of the gnu compiler, not the application to be compiled. Is this true?
View 5 Replies View RelatedCentOS 5 :: Patch/security Updates For 5
Dec 2, 2009Is there a mailing list or an alert where I can subscribe to, so I know if there's critical or moderate patches I have to apply to my Centos 5 servers.
View 5 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Syncing Time With Windows Server Dual Booting Systems?
Aug 11, 2011I am about to work on getting the workstations on my network here to be connected to the Active Directory on my Windows 2003 server using Likewise Identity Service. of the security requirements is a good time sync, so I am trying to setup my Windows server time server on my CentOS machines. These machines dual boot Windows 7 and CentOS 5.5. I am using the Windows server as a time server and it's getting its time from its CMOS.llowing a microsoft kb article. I removed all the time servers from the CentOS box I am experimenting with and added the IP of my Windows server, it seems to connect ok but theime never gets updated.Oh, and this network has no connection to the internet it's cut off from the world, so sad and lonely and cannot get internet time
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Security :: 'Securing' A .pdf File And Changing The Listed Author?
Aug 18, 2010I had some help via email from someone drafting my CV into the correct table format with open office. It's a .pdf file but now unfortunately lists the author in the document tab of properties as that person.
Is there anyway to change it to my own name, and also how do I 'secure' the document so that it's not easy for people viewing it to copy and paste, I've heard this is why many people now use .pdf for their CVs/rsums?
Ubuntu Security :: The Requests Are Listed In The Order In Which They Appear On The Stats Page?
Apr 13, 2011Below is the print out of requests, with the website address "#.com". The requests are listed in the order in which they appear on the stats page. What does it mean?:
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#.com/
#.com/?Mode=debug
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Ubuntu Security :: Secure Delete Ext4 Kernel Patch?
Aug 26, 2011Does anyone know if this kernel patch has been applied to any 11.04 kernels? [URL]
View 5 Replies View RelatedOpenSUSE :: Unable To Update Security Patch
Jun 28, 2010My system is trying to install security update, but I get the following message: A package could not that allows the task to complete.
Details are as follows:
patch:libfreebl3-2258.noarch conflicts with libfreebl3-32bit.x86_64 < 3.12.6-3.1.1 provided by libfreebl3-32bit-3.12.6-2.pm.6.2.x86_64
OpenSUSE :: 11.2 - Security Patch For Libfreebl3 Conflicts
Oct 27, 2010I have SuSE 11.2. There is a security patch for Mozilla NSS Library. However, I get told by YaST that the libfreebl3-3241.noarch conflicts with mozilla-nspr.i586. (There's also a patch for glibc but apparently, it is not "willing" to install this without installing the other patch first). Anyway, I did the following: zypper lp and then rpm -qi libfreebl3 and then zypper lr -d.
Here are the results:
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zypper lp
Repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0' is out-of-date. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to update it.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages.....
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zypper refresh
Repository '11.2' is up to date.
Repository 'Education' is up to date.
Repository 'Printing' is up to date.
Retrieving repository 'games' metadata [done]
Building repository 'games' cache [done]
Retrieving repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0' metadata [done]
Building repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0' cache [done]
Repository 'mozilla/openSUSE_11.2' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-11.2-Oss' is up to date.
All repositories have been refreshed. I don't know what to do. In order to update FireFox, (on Aug 1, 2010) I had to do as posted in this thread: (instructions by caf4926) Updating firefox. So, I followed these directions: ImageBam - Fast, Free Image Hosting and Photo Sharing. Now what do I do?
Ubuntu Security :: Patch For Sudo That Allows Sudoers Information To Be Pulled From MySQL?
Apr 12, 2011This may be a stupid (?) question, but does any one know of a patch for sudo that allows the sudoers information to be pulled from mySQL?
I run multiple servers with multiple people working on them and would like a one-stop update of permissions.
Yes, I could use rsync or the like, but I'm just wondering if this has been done, or could be done.
(Sorry if this is the wrong forum, I'm kinda new around here, posting wise and this seemed to fit. Feel free to move it if it's not)
Ubuntu :: Control What Buttons/menus Are Listed And Which Icons Are Listed Under Each?
Jul 26, 2010i just upgraded to ubuntu 10.04 the netbook distro. at the desktop view there is a list of about 10 buttons/menus listed on the left hand side, is there anyway to control what buttons/menus are listed and which icons are listed under each of them? having a netbook i would like to remove and unclutter the desktop view as much as possible but i dont want to remove those apps i still want to be able to open those apps if i want to even if by removing those icons and menus/buttons makes it a pain.
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Security :: New Koobface Variant Infects Systems?
Oct 28, 2010New Koobface Variant Infects Linux Systems Interesting sounds easily avoidable like any other malware, but is probably a nice reminder Linux users aren't invincible.
View 9 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Apply Kernel Patch - Couldn't Find File To Patch
Apr 8, 2011I just want to upgrade my Slackware 13.1 kernel (2.6.33.4) to the latest stable kernel from kernel.org (2.6.38.2). I have never done anything like this and I am a Linux newbie, so I would appreciate a "Kernel Patching for Dummies" version if possible. I did do a search on this forum and most of what I read was over my head. I found an FAQ on kernelnewbies.org on "How To Apply A Patch" but when I attempted what they suggested, it said it couldn't find the file to patch at line 5 and asked me which file to patch. So I CTRL-Z'd out of there and came here. Here's what I tried:
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Ubuntu Security :: Back Up All Systems To An External Hard-drive Using Rsync
May 20, 2011I have an OpenBSD and a FreeBSD system and a mac. I also have a Ubuntu server. What i would like to do is back up all these systems to an external hard-drive using rsync when the external usb disk is connected to my Ubuntu box.If i format the external usb disk with cfdisk and the create a non-bootable ext3 file system on this external disk and create and put all the necessary public keys on the Linux box then from the BSD's or the mac issue the command:
Code: #rsync --progress -avhe ssh --delete / user@ubuntuBox:/usb/disk/path/dir/ Will this back up the entire systems so that they can be restored in the event of an emergency? I should store each OS just in a separate disk file of the external usb drive each time right?? Because i would rather not have to format the external usb drive for each different OS. Would this work? and would the restoration command for these BSD's be:
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rsync -avze ssh UbuntuBox:/usb/disk/path / I just need to know the basics. I'm sure given that i'll be able to automate the process. I don't want to clone the disks for forensics. I just want to have a way of restoring to a clean OS. This is the most basic question:All the howto's never mention whether or not you have to have an rsync server running on the machine your backing up to. So do you just push or pull from one end of the connection only or do you have to have a client at one end and a server at the other, as is traditional?
Security :: Compromised Systems Notify Hacker They Are Infected
Dec 4, 2010I have a server connected to the internet placed in a DMZ that was running ProFTPD. A couple of weeks ago there was a security threat uncovered that would grant access to external users through a buffer overflow. Of course I patched my ProFTPD quite often after that to secure my server. Now my problem is that the servers of ProFTPD were compromised and that source code with a back-door was released. To make matters worse compromised systems notify the hacker they are infected. is there any way to ensure I don't have a root-kit installed short of reinstalling the system?
View 4 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: RTAI Patch On 2.6.31.8 Kernel - System Doesn't Boot
Oct 19, 2010I;m installing RTAI and I get this message. I can't seem to find the solution, because I really don't know exactly what the main problem is. There are a list of error,s and warnings that I 'm not sure from where should I tackle the problem: Here is what I get when I boot my 2.6.31.8 kernel with GRUB. (I used the RTAI x86 compatible patch):
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After that system does NOT boot.
Ubuntu Security :: How To Prevent Grub Command-line Boots
May 18, 2011The ability to manually boot using the Grub command-line constitutes a big security risk in Linux, IMO.Any OS can be booted in this manner from a PXE-LAN, USB, or CD/DVD drive, circumventing BIOS-imposed boot restrictions. (Once a foreign OS is booted, of course, it can be used to access any part of an unencrypted hard drive.) Placing passwords or locking menu items (in the Grub configuration files) does not prevent a user from booting manually using commands entered at the grub command-line.
As it stands now, when presented with the Grub menu (or after bringing up a hidden Grub menu with the "ESC" key), a user only needs to hit "c" to enter the Grub command-line mode to facilitate any type of bootup whatsoever. (They can then enter manually the Grub commands to boot an OS on any device.) This is extremely insecure and allows any passerby to boot the computer with a few keystrokes and a bootable USB drive. How do I configure Grub so that it will require a password in order to enter the command-line mode (and thereby restrict boot options to the menu, which can then be password protected/locked) ?
Ubuntu Installation :: Cpuid Utility Is Not Compiled With U9.04 And Utility Is Not Available As Package With Synaptic?
Feb 5, 2010cpuid utility is not compiled with U9.04 and the utility is not available as a package with synaptic -
other distributions have it available as rpm . url
Any way to run this utility in the Debian world?
Ubuntu :: System Directly Boots In Win 7
Aug 14, 2011I installed ubuntu inside windows, thing were going good, till windows got affected with virus, so had to reinstall it, now boots directly in windows 7. I have a 500 GB HDD with two equal partitions,
C: drive has windows
D: drive has ubuntu
I tried the boot-repair, didn't work, instead it corrupted windows boot, which got fixed using startup recovery but I want ubuntu back...
Debian Multimedia :: MPlayer No Longer Listed In Apps Menu After System Update
Aug 3, 2010MPlayer was working just fine last night, but today I'm having problems which may be due to me performing a system update. I noticed that MPlayer was no longer listed in my Applications menu and I no longer had the option of opening videos with it. However, I now had Gnome MPlayer which must have been installed with the update because I never installed it. Whilst going through Synaptic, I found that the MPlayer GUI had been removed, so I re-installed it. However nothing happened when I attempted to open videos with it.
When I tried to use it through the terminal I got the error message:
mplayer: relocation error: mplayer: symbol codec_wav_tags, version LIBAVFORMAT_52 not defined in file libavformat.so.52 with link time reference
I found a bug report on this very problem here [URL]. The conclusion was that the person filing the bug report was using a version of ffmpeg not found in Debian and that he'd need a version of MPlayer built with his version of ffmpeg libs. I'm assuming that this is also the case with me, however I'm not sure how to go about finding a build or simply building a version of MPlayer with whatever version of ffmpeg that I'm using. For reference, I'm using Squeeze.
Ubuntu :: System Boots Then Screen Freezes / Fix It?
Mar 16, 2010Don't know if this is a coincidence, but the other day we had a power cut and my laptop went off. When I tried to reboot it got to the ubuntu start up screen, but when it tries to get to the "desk top" screen it all goes blue and black flashes. I have XP and Vista on the same machine and these both start up ok
View 2 Replies View RelatedFedora Security :: Modifying Grub Kernel Arguments Boots Directly Into Root?
Jan 21, 2011I updated the kernel to 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 and had to reinstall and rebuild the kernel module for my ATi driver as usual, so I edited the kernel arguments at the grub splash screen so that I could boot into single user mode and install the driver (i.e appending the relevant line with '1'). The interesting thing is, the system booted directly into single user mode as root when the system started up. No password was required.
View 6 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Upgrading From 9.10 To 10.04 - System No Longer Boots
Feb 10, 2010After upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04 my System no longer boots. I had a Dual-Boot System. On Boot I get - "error : the symbol 'grub_puts_' not found grub rescue> (prompt):
If I run 'insmode /boot/grub/normal.mod' (I get the same error)
If I run 'insmode /boot/grub/ext2.mod' (I get 'The symbol 'grub_xasprinf' not found)
If I run ls /boot (The Kernel File Names look Ok)
If I run in Rescue Mode it Reports (The installer could not find any partitions, so you will not be able to mount a root file system. This may be caused by the Kernel failing to detect your hard disk drive or failing to read the partition table, or the disk may be unpartitioned. If you wish, you may investigate this from a shell in the installer environment.) I ran the recommended reporting script and got the following output:-
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= Boot Info Summary: =
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in partition #4 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd <<< This is my USB Flashdrive .....
Ubuntu Servers :: Starting Ruby App When System Boots Up?
Feb 12, 2010how do I start a ruby on rails application when my Ubuntu server starts up/is rebooted? I start the application by cd-ing into the ruby application's root directory(the application I'm using is Bibapp) and execute the command;
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sudo rake bibapp:start
