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Common Problems 118448

Grub Rescue Prompt After Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 9 September 2020 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Common Problems 117974

Ubuntu 18.04 time drift or NTP not syncing

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 9 September 2020 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache-ant — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache-ant — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache Ant leaks sensitive information via the java.io.tmpdir Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1945 Upstream summary: Apache reports: Apache Ant 1.1 to 1.9.14 and 1.10.0 to 1.10.7 uses the default temporary directory identified […]

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How to Use GPFS Snapshots on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use GPFS Snapshots on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to use gpfs snapshots on ibm aix 7.1 on IBM […]

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How to Tune Kernel Parameters with sysctl on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Tune Kernel Parameters with sysctl on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up tune kernel parameters with sysctl on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any […]

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How to Configure an SMTP Relay on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure an SMTP Relay on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure an SMTP Relay on Windows Server 2012 R2 An SMTP relay server acts as an intermediary mail gateway, accepting email from authorised internal systems (applications, printers, monitoring tools, scripts) and forwarding it to its destination — either a smart host (such as Exchange or Office 365) or directly via MX lookup. Every […]

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Kotlin Class - Kotlin Constructor — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Kotlin Class – Kotlin Constructor

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/kotlin-class-constructor/ In this tutorial, we'll be discussing the [Object Oriented Programming](/community/tutorials/oops-concepts-java-example) concepts of Kotlin. We'll discuss Kotlin Class in detail. We will also look at kotlin constructors, access modifiers and abstract class. Kotlin Class !kotlin class, kotlin constructor A class is a blue print defined which groups functions and properties. Classes in Kotlin are […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — librsvg2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — librsvg2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4709)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 September 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4709 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20446 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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How To Set Up Centralized Linux Authentication with FreeIPA on CentOS 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Centralized Linux Authentication with FreeIPA on CentOS 7

FreeIPA is an open-source security solution for Linux which provides account management and centralized authentication, similar to Microsoft’s Active Directory. In this tutorial, we will be installing the FreeIPA server on a CentOS 7 server. You can then configure client machines, allowing FreeIPA users to log in with their IPA credentials.

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