Category: Debian

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...

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TightVNC on Ubuntu

In case like me, you were looking to install the TightVNC viewer and/or server on Ubuntu and your first guess didn't work: $ sudo apt-get install tightvnc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: Couldn't...

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FreeNX on Ubuntu Breezy Badger

is a snap. Just check out the FreeNX page on the Ubuntu Wiki What I did... (more…)...

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TurboPrint for Linux

After trying it out for a week or two, I bought the TurboPrint Linux print drivers over the weekend. I actually had printing from Ubuntu to my Canon i950 inkjet working using some funky Japanese Canon drivers for some other...

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tsocks

Someone at work pointed out a cool utility called tsocks. tsocks allows non-SOCKS-aware applications (e.g.: telnet, ssh, ftp, etc.) to use SOCKS without any modification. It does this by intercepting the calls that applications...

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Building QEMU with KQEMU accelerator

Using some of the tips at this page, I was able to build QEMU along with the KQEMU accelerator kernel module on my Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) system. Performance is pretty impressive....

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Converting between Linux package formats with “alien”

So let's say I'm working on my box, which is running Ubuntu, a Debian-based distro, and I come across some nifty piece of software which is available in RPM format, but not in DEB format. What to do? Use a nifty Perl program...