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How to Configure Log Rotation with logrotate on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Log Rotation with logrotate on RHEL 8

Log files grow indefinitely unless something rotates and prunes them, which will eventually fill a disk and crash your services. On RHEL 8, logrotate is installed by default and handles rotation for most system logs out of the box via a systemd timer. For application logs your team manages, you need to write a custom […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libzip4 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libzip4 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-1162 CVE-2012-1163 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Boot Drops to initramfs Prompt

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 November 2019 📖 ~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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SLES 15 — libbsd0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libbsd0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:1298-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20367 Upstream summary: nlist.c in libbsd before 0.10.0 has an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol name from the string table (strtab). Table […]

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How To Download Software and Content onto your Linux VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Download Software and Content onto your Linux VPS

There are many different ways to transfer content from your home computer and from the internet onto your VPS instance. While most people are used to downloading content using a web browser, this paradigm doesn’t quite work well with a server that you are accessing remotely through an SSH connection. In this guide, we will explore some different options for getting content on your server, depending on the type of content and your individual use case.

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How to Scan for Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Scan for Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS on RHEL 7

How to Scan for Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS on RHEL 7 OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment System), now part of the Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) framework, is one of the most capable open-source vulnerability scanners available. It maintains a continuously updated feed of over 50,000 Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs) and can detect misconfigurations, outdated software, missing patches, […]

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How to Configure Fabric Deployment Tool on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Fabric Deployment Tool on Debian 9

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure Fabric Deployment Tool on Debian 9 on Debian 9 Stretch. Debian Stretch uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 9 install with the […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python-eyeD3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python-eyeD3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-1934 Upstream summary: tag.py in eyeD3 (aka python-eyed3) 7.0.3, 0.6.18, and earlier for Python allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack […]

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