In this episode we will take a look at a script I use quite often to add local users using ldap credentials instead of arbitrary local usernames/ids.
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I have some spare time today so I thought I would go over some of the scripts or snippets I use on a regular basis.
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Many times I have forgotten my MySQL or Linux root password. I’m not sure why this is, maybe because no one ever uses their root accounts to access anything unless there is some kind of maintenance to be done or something. Typically users stick to sudo or alternate db accounts for day to day tasks since its safer and easier. In this post I review a couple techniques for recovering these passwords without too much pain.
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I recently wanted to update the version of WordPress I was running but didn’t want to do it manually. The one click updates require some specific permissions on the back end that I thought I would discuss/document in this post.
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Today we will be walking through puzzle 3, one of my favourites.
Link to Puzzle 3: https://www.phx2600.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=1414
We begin by downloading and unpacking our challenge.
[Charles@timmy:~/Downloads/puzzle3]$ ls Puzzle3.zip [Charles@timmy:~/Downloads/puzzle3]$ unzip Puzzle3.zip Archive: Puzzle3.zip inflating: Puzzle3.bmp [Charles@timmy:~/Downloads/puzzle3]$ ls Puzzle3.bmp Puzzle3.zip
An Image. Ok, lets take a look.
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