LinuxUbuntu

Ubuntu security advisory

SecurityFocus reports a vulnerability in Ubuntu The problem is that the root password is stored in clear-text in a world-readable installer log file, verifiable by running grep password /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat...
General

Fault-tolerant circuit

Blast from the past. This is an old project that I did in sophomore year of undergrad at Binghamton University for CS 312, a course in fault-tolerant systems. This is a TTL circuit that illustrates "5 Module Self-Purging...
bash

Stupid bash trick of the day

function _globdo { local arg="$1" local dir=$(dirname $arg) local base=$(basename $arg) shift find $dir -name $base -exec "$@" {} \; set +f } alias globdo='set -f; _globdo' The function/alias combo is get around automatic...