Unpatched Mac bug gives attackers “super user” status by going back in time

Researchers have made it easier to exploit a five-month-old security flaw that allows penetration testers and less-ethical hackers to gain nearly unfettered «root» access to Macs over which they already have limited control. The authentication bypass vulnerability was reported in March and resides in a Unix component known as sudo. While the program is designed… Leer más: Unpatched Mac bug gives attackers “super user” status by going… »

Bash String Comparison: Find Out IF a Variable Contains a Substring

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-find-out-if-variable-contains-substring/   How do I determine whether a variable called spath=»/srv/www/cyberciti.biz/https» contains a substring called «cyberciti.biz»? You can use the portable BourneShell syntax as follows: case «$var» in *pattern1* ) echo «do something #1»;; *pattern2* ) echo «do something # 2»;; * ) echo «Error…»;; esac Here is a sample code: #!/bin/bash spath=»/srv/www/cyberciti.biz/https» sync_root(){ echo… Leer más: Bash String Comparison: Find Out IF a Variable Contains a… »

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Handel – Suite No. 15 in D Minor for Harpsichord, HWV 447, mvmt. III. Sarabande (Daniel Hope)

Enabling FTP on with Mountain Lion

Enabling FTP on with Mountain Lion If you have Lion or Mountain Lion, you may mention that FTP option is gone from Sharing options. No worries, FTP server is still there, even if it is a regular installation and not Server one. No enable FTP server, run from Terminal.app sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist… Leer más: Enabling FTP on with Mountain Lion »