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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS sudo Fails With PAM Authentication Error

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 June 2021 Affected versions: 20.04 LTS 📖 ~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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How to Set Up Log Rotation on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Log Rotation on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up Log Rotation on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (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 12 system is up to date: zypper […]

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How to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

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FreeBSD 13 — mod_dosevasive — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mod_dosevasive — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_dosevasive — insecure temporary file creation Upstream summary: An LSS Security Advisory reports: When a denial of service attack is detected, mod_dosevasive will, among other things, create a temporary file […]

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FreeBSD 13 — urban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — urban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: urban — stack overflow vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2864 Upstream summary: Several filename-related stack overflow bugs allow a local attacker to elevate its privileges to the games group, since urban is […]

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Arch Linux — firejail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — firejail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202102-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-26910 Upstream summary: Type: privilege escalation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.9.64.2-1. Fixed in: 0.9.64.4-1. Group: AVG-1545. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — tcpdump — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — tcpdump — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2021-4236)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4236 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8037 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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AlmaLinux 8 — intel-cmt-cat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — intel-cmt-cat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:1696 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Profile CPU with tprof on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Profile CPU with tprof on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 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 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to profile cpu with tprof on ibm aix 7.2 on […]

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