Controlling the auditd service on a systemd system is different on Red Hat type operating systems, such as CentOS. For some reason, the normal systemctl command doesn't work wit the auditd service on a RHEL type system.
Adding a FreeIPA client to a FreeIPA domain is super-easy. A client can be either a desktop machine or another server.
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So far in this linux tutorial series, we've been looking at systemd management via the built-in systemd commands. This time, we'll look at managing systemd with chkservice, a third-party, ncurses utility that you can easily install.
Link to original article:
https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-chkservice-manage-systemd-units-linux/
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Today, I'm telling you about some crypto scam advertisements that are running here on this very platform. I'll show you ways to tell that these videos were generated by some sort of artificial intelligence program, such as ChatGPT. Be sure to share this one with your friends, because it could help prevent them from being taken in by the crypto scammers.
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Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd
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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening Second Edition is the updated and expanded version of the original best-selling book. It covers topics such as user management, Linux sudo usage, Linux encryption technologies, Linux firewalls, Mandatory Access Control such as AppArmor and SELinux, OpenSCAP, Linux kernel hardening, Linux process isolation, Secure Shell hardening, Linux auditing, and more. It also help you study for a Linux security certification exam, such as LPI Level 3. If you're a Linux administrator who is interested in Linux security, you should check out Mastering Linux Security & Hardening.
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If you choose to run Fedora Linux, you absolutely have to have third-party repositories. The sad reality is that the Fedora repositories are very limited, and just don't contain all of the software that you'll need. In this video, I'll show you how to properly add third-party repositories to Fedora 24.
Link to Kdenlive:
https://kdenlive.org/
Link to download UnitedRPMs repo file:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/unitedrpms/files/repository/
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It's true, I've been the target of a sextortion scam. I received two phishing scam emails that threatened me if I didn't pay up with a Bitcoin payment. In this cybersecurity awareness training video, I share some lessons about how to make such an email scam totally ineffective.
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File permissions and directory permissions settings work the same on both Linux and Unix. To set either Linux permissions or Unix permissions, just use the chmod command. To change the default permissions settings on file that you want to create, use the umask command. This is good information both Linux systems administrators and Unix systems administrators.
Hopefully, this will help you effectively use linux and unix file permissions.
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Red Hat's firewalld is a firewall management utility that comes on all Red Hat-type Linux distros such as CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, and Fedora. It's also available as an option for certain other Linux distros, such as Ubuntu. The reason that firewalld has been such a mystery is that Red Hat has never documented how it really works under the hood. Never fear, the BeginLinux Guru is here to clear up the mystery for all you aspiring Linux administration folk.
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A new kind of Trojan malware for Linux has been found on Linux devices. The infected devices are then used to launch cyber attacks on other devices. Operating system security is important, but even to have Linux security, you need to have your machines configured correctly.
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