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How to Configure SLES 15 for Container Workloads — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SLES 15 for Container Workloads

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure SLES 15 for Container Workloads on SLES 15. SLES 15 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 15 system is up to date: zypper refresh […]

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How To Use Bash History Commands and Expansions on a Linux VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Bash History Commands and Expansions on a Linux VPS

As you administer servers, you will begin to spend a lot of time on the command line. Most likely, you will be using the bash shell. The bash shell includes a lot of commands and expansion capabilities to take advantage of the input you have typed in the past. In this guide, we will explore how to leverage these feature to better utilize the power of the bash shell.

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Ubuntu 20.04 — bash — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — bash — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5380-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18276 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bash did not properly drop privileges when the binary had the setuid bit enabled. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4552-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16729 Upstream summary: USN-4552-1 and USN-4552-2 fixed a vulnerability in Pam-python. The update introduced a regression which prevented PAM modules written in Python from importing python modules […]

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How to Install and Configure GraalVM on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure GraalVM on Debian 10

Introduction How to Install and Configure GraalVM on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. […]

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