There are a number of ways to see information about what version of Linux that you’re running on different cat /etc/lsb-release Which returns the distribution information, parsed as follows: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04.5 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (LTS)" LSB_release can also be run as a command, as follows: lsb_release -a Which returns the following: No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (LTS) Release: 12.04.5 Codename: precise lab_release can be used as a command as well: cat /etc/issue.net Which returns: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (development branch) In Debian, you can simply look at the version file: cat /etc/debian_version Which returns the following: wheezy/sid Or Red Hat Enterprise can also…
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The 12 Days Of Krypted
Merry Christmas ya’ll! On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me one 32 gig iPad On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two bash one-liners On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me three Red Hat servers On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me four email blasts On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me five retweets On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me six regular expressions On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven lines of perl…
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Locate All Files Installed By a Linux Package
RPM is a package manager available for most versions of Linux. The rpm command is used to install and uninstall software from the command line. Once software is installed, you can use the -q option to query for installed packages. The -a option shows all. So to see a list of all packages installed, use both: rpm -qa When you locate the name of a package you’d like to know more about, use the -i to get more information, along with the -q to query, followed by the name of the package: rpm -qi libcap This shows a list of all the files installed as part of the package.
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Linux: Install Wireshark from yum
Using CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, install and run Wireshark over the command line. To install Wireshark, use yum: yum install wireshark Run a capture: tethereal -i eth1 -w ~/mycapture.pcap This command will run a Wireshark capture on the eth1 interface and output the data to a file called mycapture.pcap in your home directory. You can then view this file in the X11 interface for Wireshark or grep it for specific information.