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You could set the s-bit to enable non-superusers to run programs as root, e.g.


sudo chmod a+s /sbin/shutdown

After that, you can run 'shutdown' as a normal user.


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ds[de]

This is probably not exactly what you're looking for, but it's a quick workaround.

If you edit (in Windows) the file %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts you just have to add a single line. For...

Hi,

if you add a '-type' switch to the 'find'-command, you can alter your command to only return files instead of files and directories.


find -type f <path> | md5sum | grep <hash>
^^ this...

I read the pdf you linked to and it stated (page6)
so it still states both possibilities.

I think we should drop this argument here because we were talking about two different things here &...

Oh alright, we were talking about different situations then :-)

They are still discussing both possibilities (from what I read on (mostly) heise.de, it's also in the german wikipedia article on...

I don't really know where you're going with this so I'll just ask in which cases an encrypted hard drive would help you in cases where an attack is carried out over the net.



I think that's the...

No, that is correct.


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ds[de]

Just to clarify, I was talking about an attack while you are logged into your computer.
Encryption is transparent for the programs that you have running, so a program trying to read from or write to...

This would most likely happen through a security hole that isn't patched yet. But

a) these a very rare to find :-)
b) the BSI (www.bsi.de) has to publish such holes if they know about them...

Even if you use full disc-encryption, the data from the harddrive is usually decrypted on the fly by a driver while the passphrase is cached in memory. So I don't see the necessity for a hardware...

I have also followed the discussion about this in the media as it is a great concern for me aswell.

So far they refused to release any technical details that would undermine their claims of...

If I remember correctly, /home/user directories are equipped with permissions of 644 by default so if something goes wrong there, somebody should notice it because know even worse possibilities come...

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't see this as a potential vulnerability.

To place malicious executables into a folder named 'bin' in a user's home directory, an attacker would be...

I haven't used FireFTP yet so I can't help you with that, but why do you think files with a ~ at the end should be hidden? This only applies to files starting with a '.'


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ds[de]

So is reading the thread, bodhi.zazen already posted a solution using a case statement 7 posts above yours ;-)


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ds[de]

I didn't see this question answered. Just to clarify, a unary operator is applied to a single operand. Since -eq (~equal) checks the difference between two operators, it certainly is not a unary...

I'm guessing you downloaded a file with a .vlt extension.

Open VLC, then choose 'Properties' from the menu, then 'properties' from the submenu that just popped up.

In there, go to 'Interface'...

You shouldn't have to install sudo, it's already a part of a fresh ubuntu install.

For example, when you execute a command that requires superuser priviledges (let's say /etc/init.d/gdm restart),...

The downloaded .deb files should be in

/var/cache/apt/archives


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ds[de]

With your live CD account you can use 'sudo' to perform tasks that require superuser status.

Fire up a terminal and type

gksu gedit
for a texteditor which will let you edit said file.
After...

Something tells me I should be part in this great experiment

Hm maybe he enabled the root account?
Or if he enables it later (for some reason) and then forgets about SSHd? It's better to be safe than sorry.


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ds[de]

Sure do, wearing a burzum shirt as I type :)

Maybe I should dig up one of your posts (haven't read the entire thread yet) in case you posted a favorite list :)

Black Metal all the way for me (including obscure subforums like suicidal BM / depressive BM)

Hiver Noir
Akitsa
Moonblood
Klage
Lunar Aurora
Mütiilation
Dzlvarv (only released one very...

You can't run both operating systems at the same time without using some sort of virtualization.