The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission puts up a fake crypto scam site as a cybersecurity awareness educational project. This crypto news item about SEC Bitcoin was reported on in The Register, a British technology news site.
In this BeginLinux Guru Linux tutorial for beginners, we'll look at how to use the df command to view disk space utilization to help you with Linux storage management. I'll also show you a handy trick to format df output for use in bash shell scripting.
Managing storage and storage devices is an essential skill for Linux administration, and I hope that this helps.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmwFrGExCD4
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.
Be sure to check out my new book, "Mastering Linux Security and Auditing", at the following link:
https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/mastering-linux-security-and-hardening
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvMc0bt9lIg
Virtual Private Networks aren't always so private -- Today, the BeginLinux Guru talks about how certain virtual private network providers don't always do a good job of safeguarding your Internet privacy. Last year, NordVPN was caught in a user data leak, and today we see some Hong Kong-based VPN s have been caught leaking VPN user activity logs. We'll then look at some possible roll-your-own VPN solutions involving OpenVPN on a cloud server.
Original article:
https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/17/ufo_vpn_database/
Purchase links for my "Mastering Linux Security and Hardening--Second Edition book:
From Packt Publishing:
https://www.packtpub.com/cloud-networking/mastering-linux-security-and-hardening-second-edition
From Amazon:
https://amzn.to/2WGP6mX
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBBPC18JEn8
Flash Sale--Mastering Linux Security and Hardening. My "Mastering Linux Security and Hardening book is part of a flash sale that will last until 9:50PM EST/6:50PM PST tonight. If you're a Linux administrator or are studying to become a Linux administrator, be sure to pick up a print copy of this book at a substantial savings.
Purchase link for the flash sale:
https://amzn.to/3uugt7I
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaKr-QBGYhw
For a long time, Windows has had the ability to automatically restart crashed services. Now with systemd, you can also have crashed Linux services restart automatically. In this Linux tutorial, I'll show you how to do that. This is an easy trick that will make life easier for Linux systems administrators who need to take good care of their Linux servers. So, enjoy this systemd tutorial.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UGSmPHU5dU
In this Linux tutorial for beginners, we look at the linux find command, and some linux find command examples. "find" is one of the basic Linux commands that every Linux administrator needs to know. It's useful from both the Linux command line, and for bash shell scripting.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCemsQ_ZjQ0
In this Linux tutorial for beginners, the BeginLinux Guru explains the concept of Linux signals, and how to use them. I also explain the Linux kill command, and about when you would or would not use it.
Knowledge of Linux process management is handy for both Linux administration, and for passing a Linux certification exam.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzDAEh3oGmc
In today's Linux news, we report the upcoming death of CentOS Linux, which is a free-of-charge clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Many people have used CentOS to learn Linux administration, and many people use CentOS to run their Linux servers.
Check out my book, "Mastering Linux Security and Hardening, Second Edition". It covers Ubuntu Server and CentOS, but whatever is there for CentOS will also cover either Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Oracle Linux.
https://www.packtpub.com/product/mastering-linux-security-and-hardening-second-edition/9781838981778
Links to the articles that I cover in this video:https://www.zdnet.com/article/goodbye-centos-hello-rocky-linux/#ftag=RSSbaffb68
https://www.debugpoint.com/2020/12/project-lenix/
https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/need-a-stable,-rhel-compatible-alternative-to-centos-three-reasons-to-consider-oracle-linux
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSOVO6EOYiE
In this Linux tutorial, we'll look at hardware information with the lshw utility. This is something that can come in handy for doing Linux administration or for software engineering.
Many thanks for watching this Linux tutorial for beginners from the BeginLinux Guru!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q0pxQK3X9o