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Slackware-13.1-Hacks-Slackpkg

Posted 03-10-2011 at 11:17 PM by arniekat

Slackpkg Tutorial for Security Updates

Slackpkg 2.81.1 is included in the Full Installation of Slackware-13.1. One of its functions is to keep your system up-to-date with regard to security updates from the network/Internet. It does not replace pkgtool, but uses pkgtool to install/upgrade packages.

You need to uncomment one mirror in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors file

# vi /etc/slackpkg/mirrors

You can include new mirrors in this file, including...

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Slackware-13.1-Hacks-Google Chrome Hardening

Posted 03-07-2011 at 12:53 PM by arniekat

Google Chrome Web Browser Hardening

These are the settings I use on Google Chrome, however you may go more stricter or looser with your security settings depending on your needs. I tend to disable any passwords saved, suggestions for searches, etc. Also, you can remove a lot of junk by using a hosts file (see the Hosts File Hack) which will disable banners, ads, etc.

The current version available from SlackBuilds.org is google-chrome-9.0.597.84, but since the snapshot...

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Slackware-13.1-Hacks-Su/Sudo Hardening

Posted 03-07-2011 at 12:20 PM by arniekat

Su/Sudo Hardening Tutorial

In a default Slackware 13.1 installation, you create a root user with a root password. Normally, I create a regular user who is a member of the following groups: audio, cdrom, floppy, netdev, plugdev, power, users, video and wheel. The thought being that only members of the "wheel" group should be allowed to su (switch user) to root to do administrative work. Here's how it works:

bash-4.1$ su
Password: <root_password>...

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Slackware-13.1-Hacks-Bluetooth Mouse Logitech

Posted 03-05-2011 at 11:43 PM by arniekat

Logitech Bluetooth Mouse

NOTE - Blueman applet 1.21 is a GTK based Bluetooth manager. I could not even get the dialog box open in KDE. I used GNOME 2.30 and it worked great. LXDE will probably work also.

The hardware used for this example are:
1. I/O Gear GBU221 USB Bluetooth Dongle
2. Logitech V470 Bluetooth Mouse

Be sure that /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth is executable so that bluetooth service will start when your machine is rebooted. If it...

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Slackware-13.1-Hacks-RaLink 2860 WiFi

Posted 03-04-2011 at 11:48 PM by arniekat
Updated 03-04-2011 at 11:50 PM by arniekat (Formatting Problem)

Asus EeePC 1015PEM RaLink 2860 Wi-Fi Card (RT2860)

I have NetworkManager from GNOME, but you can install wicd-1.7.0 from the /extras directory so you have a wireless applet that will allow you to set up wireless networking.

To get this wi-fi card to work on Slackware 13.1, blacklist the module rt2800pci.

# vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Add the following line(s) to this file

# This is to fix the module problem on my Asus Eeepc 1015PEM...

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