My Technical Notes

Linux : How to Disable Direct Root Logins

kartook — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:13:00 +0000

Allowing the root user to login directly is a major security issue, we’ll show you how to disable it so you can still login as root but just not directly, reducing the security issue.

This will force a hacker to have to guess 2 seperate passwords to gain root access. (you do have 2 seperate passwords for [...]

Linux :How to encrypt text file in Linux (VIM)

kartook — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:07:40 +0000

How to encrypt text file in Linux (VIM)

It is very easy to encrypt a text file in Linux, VIM text editor can be used to achieve it.. vim -x [file name]

[kartook@Nilas ~]$ vim -x kartook.txt

This will prompt us to enter encryption key (password)

Enter encryption key : ****** Enter same key again: ******

After that, key [...]

Cisco’s offers borderless security

kartook — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:12:03 +0000

With a view to tackle today’s enterprise security challenges Cisco has evolved a new architecture for enterprise security that will help enable business users to access information from any device and any location with a high degree of ease and security, The Secure Borderless Network architecture focuses on four critical anchors: enterprise end-points (mobile or [...]

Cybersecurity Experts: The FBI Wants You

kartook — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:10:18 +0000

FBI Director Robert Mueller sounded a call to arms at RSA, telling security experts that the country needs their help to fight cybercrime and terrorist attacks. He also enlisted the help of companies, promising greater sensitivity on the agency’s part when investigating breaches. “We know that putting on raid jackets, courting the media, and shutting [...]

Google opens Google Apps Marketplace

kartook — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:07:34 +0000

Google launched on Tuesday evening Google Apps Marketplace, providing a venue for third-party, cloud-based applications to supplement Google’s own online applications.

The program enables integrations with such applications as Google Gmail, Documents, Sites and Calendar. All told, the effort begins with 50 vendors participating, including Atlassian, NetSuite, Skytap and Zoho.

“Tonight, what we’re [...]

FreeBSD : Data set and change

kartook — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:47:28 +0000

Display the date:

Simply type the date command to display the current date:

# date

Output:

Fri Mar 12 12:44:29 CST 2010

To set/change date:

To set the date, you need to simply use the date command followed by the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second … all numeric and no spaces.

To set the date with date command, you need [...]

Mysql : Connect to a remote mysql Server

kartook — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:48:11 +0000

At a shell or command (cmd for windows) prompt you type all one 1 single line:

mysql -u DB_USER_NAME -p[PASSWORD] DB_NAME -h DB_SERVER

with the following replacements of the terms above:

* Replace DB_SERVER with the correct database servername or IP address

* Replace DB_USER_NAME with your mysql username.

* Replace DB_NAME with your mysql databasename.

* [PASSWORD] [...]

MySql : how to create database user on mysql databbase?

kartook — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:40:15 +0000

to create new user on mysql database we can use below script;

DB_NAME = KartookShop DB_USER = Kartook DB_PASSWORD = password HOST=localhost

we want to give SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP permission on Kartook.

GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP ON KartookShop.* TO ‘Kartook’@'localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’;

this will allow Kartook to connect to KartookShop database from localhost. If you want to give permission [...]

MySql : How to Create a new database on MySQL?

kartook — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:35:53 +0000

How to Create a new database on MySQL?

To create a new database you need to login as root or a account that has permission.

we will create KartookShop database.

-> mysql -u root -p mysql> create database KartookShop; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec)

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Linux : Linux command line calculator

kartook — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:37:02 +0000

Here what bc, a command line calculator, comes in handy. In this short tutorial, I will show how to do some basic calculation with bc.

First launch bc by typing bc and hitting enter. You will see bc ready to take your commands.