Checking the checksum of installed packages

October 15, 2009 Posted by

Occasionally you just want a bit of piece of mind about your server or Linux install. You may suspect there is somebody who has hacked your computer or even something changed by a package install that shouldnt have been. Heres a couple of ideas on how to do a quick ‘health’ check on he md5sum […]

Timestamps on your bash history

October 15, 2009 Posted by

Often Iv’ve seen boxes compromised, or commands run that we have no idea who did it and at what time. Its very frustrating, especially when we have no idea if a customer did it, one of the staff, or if a box was compromised. HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F-%R%t"HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F-%R%t" now you can run the following command wishes@tulip:~$ history | […]

Ubuntu 9.10 BETA released – Karmic Koal

October 2, 2009 Posted by

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition improves on the work of 9.04 […]