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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Initramfs BusyBox Emergency Shell on Boot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 21 August 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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How to Use Ansible to Install and Set Up LEMP on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Ansible to Install and Set Up LEMP on Ubuntu 18.04

This guide explains how to use Ansible to automate the steps contained in our guide on How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL and PHP (LEMP) on Ubuntu 18.04. The LEMP software stack is a group of software that can be used to serve dynamic web pages and web applications. This is an acronym that describes a Linux operating system, with an Nginx (pronounced like “Engine-X”) web server. The backend data is stored in the MySQL database and the dynamic processing is handled by PHP.

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Ubuntu 16.04 — aptdaemon — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — aptdaemon — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4664-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16128 CVE-2020-27349 CVE-2020-15703 Upstream summary: Kevin Backhouse discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled certain properties. A local attacker could use this issue to test for the presence of […]

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Ersteinrichtung des Servers mit Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Ersteinrichtung des Servers mit Ubuntu 18.04

Wenn Sie erstmals einen neuen Ubuntu 18.04 Server einrichten, sollten Sie in der Anfangsphase einige dieser Konfigurationsschritte im Rahmen der Grundkonfiguration durchführen. Dadurch wird die Sicherheit und Nutzbarkeit Ihres Servers erhöht und Sie verfügen über eine solide…

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Ubuntu 18.04 — evolution-data-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — evolution-data-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4429-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14928 CVE-2018-15587 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Evolution Data Server incorrectly handled STARTTLS when using SMTP and POP3. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Common Problems 117601

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – Nginx fails to start due to configuration syntax errors – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 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 Authenticate Users to a SSH Server Using Monkeysphere on an Ubuntu VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Authenticate Users to a SSH Server Using Monkeysphere on an Ubuntu VPS

The authorized_keys file on an SSH server can become difficult to manage with key changes and a large amount of entries. It can be hard to know which credentials are valid and which actual person each key is associated with. The Monkeysphere system allows you to configure authentication to an SSH server in plain English by utilizing GPG keys. This leads to a more manageable system and allows you to create policies for users, not keys.

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