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Debian 7 Restart Network

Im using Debian Wheezy (7) desktop with DHCP. I had problems switching from wired to wireless and back, etc. I found that following other instructions did not work. The network will go down no problem;

Cubox-i2 Config Setup

Download Gunnar Wolf’s Debian Wheezy https://people.debian.org/~gwolf/ Also working: Ubuntu sudo dd if=ubuntu-oneiric-freescale.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 Android 4.3 sudo dd if=beta-11-dec-2013-i2.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 Not working: Debian Jesse sudo dd if=debian-jessi-4-july-2014.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 Copy to SDmicro sudo dd if=cubox.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 password for root is cubox-i #vi /etc/apt/sources.list #deb http://download.solid-run.com/pub/solidrun/cubox/repo/debian cubox main #deb-src http://download.solid-run.com/pub/solidrun/cubox/repo/debian cubox main vi /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback allow-hotplug eth0 iface...

Systemd ssh Reverse Tunnel on Debian 9 Stretch

I have used rc.local for years to setup an ssh reverse tunnel on boot under Debian up until Stretch. Now like many others I imagine, I’ve had to convert to systemd. I read everything I could about the choice for deprecating rc.local for systemd. I can say that systemd may be powerful, but systemd’s complexity entails a huge learning-curve for...

Customize Debian Linux grub2

I wanted to remove the splash image while booting Debian 7 Wheezy and watch the code execute, while also use the full screen resolution.

How To Fix a missing eth0 adapter after moving HDD from one machine to another

Debian/Ubuntu Linux : How To Fix a missing eth0 adapter after moving HDD from one machine to another. Explanation : Debian and Ubuntu write the MAC address of the ethernet adapter to a file that prevents the eth card in the new machine from being recognized. Delete the lines in this persistent-net.rules file and upon reboot, linux will see the...

Start Reverse Tunnel on boot using autossh for Debian 7

As usual, most of the how-to guides out there are too brief (I’m guilty) or apply to other distros: This works on Linux Debian 7 all-around, and this is a complete how to. It works. You just have to follow a very long thread. No A.D.D. here! We will create a Persistent Reverse SSH Tunnel between 2 machines using autossh....

Checklist when rc.local does not run on boot on Debian 7 Wheezy

Checklist when rc.local does not run on boot on Debian 7 Wheezy Make sure file is located /etc/rc.local Permissions root:root 755 The shebang is in place in the first line #!/bin/sh -e You bash script has a . and full path ./home/me/myscript.sh The last line must be exit 0

Harden Debian 7 Server with PSAD

Install Port Scan Attack Detector on Debian 7 Server sudo apt-get install psad sudo vi /etc/psad/psad.conf change these lines EMAIL_ADDRESSES me@seleads.com; HOSTNAME my.seleads.com; HOME_NET NOT_USED; ALERTING_METHODS noemail; IPT_SYSLOG_FILE /var/log/syslog; EMAIL_LIMIT_STATUS_MSG N; ENABLE_AUTO_IDS Y; AUTO_IDS_DANGER_LEVEL 2; AUTO_BLOCK_TIMEOUT 2592000; ENABLE_AUTO_IDS_EMAILS N; Restart psad psad -R psad –sig-update psad -H sudo vi /etc/cron.hourly/save-bad-ips #!/bin/sh PATH=/usr/share:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin /sbin/iptables-save -c > /tmp/iptables-save.txt #echo “SELECT lockdown_IP FROM...

Debian Environment Variables

And then I lived happily ever after – Fixed – BASH scripts executed from a user as sudo, resulted in the root ownership. In other words, a backup script executed by user became the property of root