today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 24, 2024

• Linux.org ☛ DCA 13 - Setting Up Container DNS

  The Host system on which Docker is running has its own name resolution. You can look at the file '/etc/resolv.conf'. The DNS Server will be listed on a line with 'nameserver' at the beginning.

• FOSSLinux ☛ 10 advanced ways to use the dig command in Linux

  This article explores 10 powerful ways to use the Dig command in Linux, offering insights into network diagnostics and domain information gathering. Perfect for system administrators and network professionals, these tips will help you leverage Dig for effective troubleshooting and data analysis.

• TecAdmin ☛ Restricting Users from Running `chmod 777`

  Creating a custom script wrapper for chmod can help you manage and restrict the use of certain chmod commands, such as preventing the setting of 777 permissions. Below is a basic example of how you can create such a script in Ubuntu or any other Linux-based system.

• LinuxConfig ☛ Setting Up a Secure Apache Server on Ubuntu 24.04

• LinuxConfig ☛ Quick Guide to Securely Erasing Files in Linux

• Dedoimedo ☛ Maxwell Render, SketchUp plugin - GNU/Linux setup tutorial

  Let's create art together. Here's a tutorial showing how to set up the Maxwell Studio 3D rendering software native build and Maxwell Render plugin for SketchUp Make using WINE in Linux, covering license activation problem and resolution, materials editing, model export, CPU vs GPU rendering performance, HD/UHD scaling, some limitations in the plugin functionality, future tweaks and fixes, and more. This should be pretty interesting.

• Kali Linux ☛ The great non-free-firmware transition

  TL;DR: Dear Kali user, when you have a moment, check your /etc/apt/sources.list, and add non-free-firmware if ever it’s missing.

  Programmatically speaking:

  kali@kali:~$ sudo sed -i 's/non-free$/non-free non-free-firmware/' /etc/apt/sources.list
  

  Long story now.

  As you might know already, Kali GNU/Linux is a Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution. As such, it inherits a number of things from Debian, and in particular, the structure of the package repository.