Troubleshooting

How to Manage Users and Groups with useradd, groupadd and passwd on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage Users and Groups with useradd, groupadd and passwd on RHEL 7

How to Manage Users and Groups with useradd, groupadd and passwd on RHEL 7 User and group management is one of the most fundamental administrative tasks on any Linux system. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the tools for creating, modifying and maintaining user accounts are robust, flexible and follow the standard POSIX conventions. Whether […]

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FreeBSD 12 — de-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — de-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libct4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libct4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0741-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13508 Upstream summary: FreeTDS through 1.1.11 has a Buffer Overflow. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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FreeBSD 12 — f2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — f2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: f2c — insecure temporary files Related CVEs: CAN-2005-0017 Upstream summary: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña reports two temporary file vulnerability within f2c. The vulnerabilities are caused due to weak temporary file handling. […]

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SLES 15 — eog — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — eog — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:2532-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7447 CVE-2016-6855 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in the gdk_cairo_set_source_pixbuf function in gdk/gdkcairo.c in GTK+ before 3.9.8, as used in eom, gnome-photos, eog, gambas3, thunar, pinpoint, […]

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How to Configure Redis Cluster and Sentinel on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Redis Cluster and Sentinel on RHEL 8

Redis provides two high-availability mechanisms: Sentinel for automatic failover on a primary-replica setup, and Cluster for horizontal partitioning across multiple nodes. Both are production-grade solutions supported on RHEL 8 through the EPEL 8 repository or directly from the Redis package. Understanding when to use each helps you design a topology that meets your durability and […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — libvpx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4629)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4629 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2126 CVE-2019-9371 CVE-2019-9232 CVE-2019-9433 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS user cannot log in after home directory permission drift

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 December 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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How to Install Apache on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Apache on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Apache on SLES 15 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. Step 1 — Install Apache zypper install -y apache2 Step 2 — Enable […]

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