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How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Automate Backups with rsync and cron on Ubuntu 24.04

rsync is a fast, versatile file synchronisation tool that efficiently copies only changed files. Combined with cron, it provides automated, incremental backups. This guide sets up automated local and remote backups on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server SSH access to a remote backup server (optional) […]

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Oracle Linux 10 — vim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 10

Oracle Linux 10 — vim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-21015)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 October 2025 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 10 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-21015 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-53905 CVE-2025-53906 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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How to Install Maven on Debian 13 — step-by-step Debian 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Maven on Debian 13

Introduction How to Install Maven on Debian 13 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 13 Trixie server. Debian 13 Trixie 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 12. This tutorial […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — libssh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-21977)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 October 2025 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-21977 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-5372 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 Install MariaDB on Rocky Linux 9 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install MariaDB on Rocky Linux 9

MariaDB is an open-source database management system, commonly used as an alternative for the MySQL portion of the popular LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It is intended to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL. This tutorial will explain how to install MariaDB on a Rocky Linux 9 server, and verify that it is running and has a safe initial configuration.

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How to Configure PostgreSQL Streaming Replication on Debian 13 — step-by-step Debian 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PostgreSQL Streaming Replication on Debian 13

Introduction How to Configure PostgreSQL Streaming Replication on Debian 13 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 13 Trixie server. Debian 13 Trixie 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 12. […]

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SLES 15 — gnuplot — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — gnuplot — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 8 October 2025 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25412 CVE-2025-31176 CVE-2025-31177 CVE-2025-31178 CVE-2025-31179 CVE-2025-31180 CVE-2025-31181 CVE-2025-3359  +6 more Upstream summary: com_line() in command.c in gnuplot 5.4 leads to an out-of-bounds-write from strncpy() that […]

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Debian 13 — tinyproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — tinyproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 October 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-0847 CVE-2011-1499 CVE-2011-1843 CVE-2012-3505 CVE-2017-11747 CVE-2022-40468 CVE-2023-49606 CVE-2025-63938  +2 more Upstream summary: tinyproxy HTTP proxy 1.5.0, 1.4.3, and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via memory […]

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