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How to Perform Security Audits With Lynis on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Perform Security Audits With Lynis on Ubuntu 16.04

Lynis is a host-based, open-source security auditing application that can evaluate the security profile and posture of Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems. In this tutorial, you’ll install Lynis on and use it to perform a security audit of your server. Then you’ll explore the results of a sample audit, and configure Lynis to skip tests that aren’t relevant to your needs.

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Debian 10 Hostname Resolution Warning sudo unable to resolve host

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 25 June 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~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 & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-DBD-mysql — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-DBD-mysql — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:0122-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1246 CVE-2016-1251 CVE-2017-10788 CVE-2017-10789 CVE-2016-1249 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the DBD::mysql module before 4.037 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of […]

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Common Problems 114958

RHEL 8 Static Routes Disappear After Reboot With NetworkManager

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 25 June 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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Amazon Linux 2 — targetcli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — targetcli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2021-1591 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13867 Upstream summary: An access flaw was found in targetcli, where the `/etc/target` and underneath backup directory/files were world-readable. This flaw allows a local attacker to access […]

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Установка и настройка VNC в Ubuntu 20.04 [Краткое руководство] — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Установка и настройка VNC в Ubuntu 20.04 [Краткое руководство]

Virtual Network Computing или VNC — это система подключения, позволяющая использовать клавиатуру и мышь для взаимодействия с графической средой рабочего стола на удаленном сервере. Данная система упрощает управление файлами, программным обеспечением и настройками на удаленном…

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How to Set Up Uptime Robot Self-Hosted Monitor on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Uptime Robot Self-Hosted Monitor on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying set up uptime robot self-hosted monitor on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — oniguruma — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — oniguruma — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-2311 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9226 CVE-2017-9227 CVE-2017-9228 CVE-2017-9229 CVE-2017-9224 CVE-2020-26159 CVE-2019-16163 CVE-2019-19012  +4 more Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 […]

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