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Binding a server to privileged port on Linux w/o running as root
This is applicable to any service using privileged ports (< 1024), for instance to run a HTTP server on port 80 or a LDAP directory server on port 389 for example.
The pinfo package makes info pages much more bearable. It is a ncurses-based POSIX utility for viewing info and man pages using lynx style keyboard shortcuts and rendering. Links are highlighted blue, the current location of your cursor is red. Navigating and searching are easy. Worth the install.
You might want to secure your AWS operations requiring to use a MFA token. But then to use API or tools, you need to pass credentials generated with a MFA token.
This commands asks you for the MFA code and retrieves these credentials using AWS Cli. To print the exports, you can use:
`awk '{ print "export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" $1 "\"\n" "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" $2 "\"\n" "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" $3 "\"" }'`
You must adapt the command line to include:
* $MFA_IDis ARN of the virtual MFA or serial number of the physical one
* TTL for the credentials
rsync'ing an empty directory over a directory to be deleted recursively is much faster than using rm -rf, for various reasons. Relevant only for directories with really a lot of files.
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"
Grab a list of MP3s (with full path) out of Firefox's cache
Ever gone to a site that has an MP3 embedded into a pesky flash player, but no download link? Well, this one-liner will yank the *full path* of those tunes straight out of FF's cache in a clean list.
Shorter and Intuitive version of the command submitted by (TuxOtaku)
Tee can be used to split a pipe into multiple streams for one or more process to work it. You can add more " >()" for even more fun.
To ensure that it will never come back, you can edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Add "blacklist pcspkr" sans quotes
Create a exact mirror of the local folder "/root/files", on remote server 'remote_server' using SSH command (listening on port 22)
(all files & folders on destination server/folder will be deleted)
Shorten any Url using bit.ly API, using your API Key which enables you to Track Clicks
I have it as a Function in my .bash_aliases
[code]
shorten ()
{
longUrl=$1;
curl "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=LONG_URL_YOU_WANT_SHORTENED&login=rungss&apiKey="
}
[/code]
Here is an Output showing the Function Detail..
[konsole]
bijay@bijay:$ type shorten
shorten is a function
shorten ()
{
longUrl=$1;
curl "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=$longUrl&login=rungss&apiKey=R_48d7e0b40835b09e3861bd455f7abec7"
}
[/konsole]