HB Computer Security | Aide Memoire
  • Introduction
  • Core Technical Skills
    • Core Skills
      • Linux
        • Getting to Know Linux
          • Using the Shell
            • Shells, Terminals, and Virtual Consoles
            • Choose your Shell
            • Shell Commands
              • Non-PATH Commands
              • Command History
                • Command Line Editing
                  • Keystrokes for Navigating Command Lines
                  • Keystrokes for Editing Command Lines
                  • Keystrokes for Cutting and Pasting Text from within Command Lines
                • Command Line Recall
                  • Keystrokes for Command Line Recall
              • Connecting and Expanding Commands
                • Piping Between Commands
                • Sequential Commands
                • Expanding Commands
            • Shell Variables
              • Common Shell Variables
            • Aliases
            • Create your Own Shell Environment
              • Modification Ideas
          • Navigating the Linux File System (LFS)
            • Filesystem Commands
            • Listing Files and Directories
            • File Permissions and Ownership
              • Modifying Permissions with chmod
              • Modifying Default Permissions with umask
              • Change File Ownership with chown
            • Copying, Moving, and Removing Files
            • Finding Files
              • locate
              • find
              • grep
            • Downloading Files
              • axel
              • wget
              • curl
                • User-Agent: Googlebot
          • Working with Text Files
            • Using vim and vi to Edit Text Files
              • Starting with vi
              • Adding Text
              • Moving Around in the Text
            • Text Manipulation
        • System Administration
          • Installing Linux
            • Installing from Live Media
            • Installing in the Enterprise
            • Partitioning Hard Disks
              • Tips for Creating Partitions
          • Account Administration
            • The root Account
              • Becoming root with su
              • sudo
                • The /etc/sudoers File
                • Granting sudo privileges
                  • visudo Guidance
                • Useful sudo Hints
            • Other Administrative Accounts
            • Standard User Accounts
              • Risks of userdel: Orphaned Files
          • Graphical Remote Administration
            • Cockpit
              • Installation Guide
            • Remote Desktop Protocol with xrdp
              • Installation and Configuration
            • Remote Desktop with vnc
              • Installation and Configuration
              • Running VNC as a System Service
          • Managing Running Processes
            • Listing Processes
              • ps
              • top
              • htop
            • Backgrounding and Foregrounding
              • Starting a Background Process
              • Using Foreground and Background Commands
            • Killing and Recining Processes
              • kill and killall
          • Managing Software
            • Managing Software from the Desktop
            • Going Beyond the Limitations of Software Center
              • Debian Packages
                • Advanced Package Tool (apt)
                • Repositories
                • dpkg
        • Shell Scripting
          • Variables
            • Command Substitution
            • Arguments
          • Reading User Input
          • if, else, and elif
          • BOOLEAN Logic
          • Loops
            • for Loops
            • while Loops
          • Functions
          • Local Vs Global Variables
          • Summary
        • Securing Linux
      • Windows
        • Security Hardening
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