Perhaps you don’t have iptables running or you don’t want to process icmp stuff in your firewall rules. Echo this as root, and it will take effect immediately. If you’re wondering if changing things like this, tcp timeouts, and open ports will trick nmap fingerprint scanning, the answer is no.

Custom RPM repositories may modify comps.xml to include custom rpms, rebuilt packages, or ports. Existing Existing groups can be modified or you can create new groups entirely. Packages can install by default, optional, mandatory, or conditional.

Utilizing macros can make life easier when you’re dealing with building on, and for, multiple platforms. Why bother with hard-coding full paths to system utilities when you can simply refer to them by their macro name? These can also be useful for avoiding things like rpm check-files errors, installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found, and debuginfo related stuff.

You can change the default behavior of queries using the RPM command by putting a single line in your .rpmmacros. You can also do this manually each time by including the query format in your rpm command.

If you have two or more monitors, whenever you first open your terminals, you may find yourself opening more than one and rearranging their placement. Over time you may notice you’re performing the same repetitive task of relocating each window to it’s rightful place. It only takes a minute or two to create panel icons for opening each window using geometry settings defining width, height, and upper left hand coordinates for future placement. If you keep your panel icons in order, whenever you want to open a new one, you’ll know exactly which button to press.

nstallation is easy. Just put the .vim file in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/ and put the dictionary file somewhere else. Then add two lines to your .vimrc and that’s it. Just hit tab and it will give you a drop down menu allowing you to auto-complete if your cursor is sitting just after a keyword.

Perform an Inception. Mount your iso, then mount the image found inside. Go inside the second image to see what is available during the pre install section of a kickstart. Use isomaster to rebuild the install.img and plop that inside the the outer iso, rebuilding that one too.

Record the installation time and date, install files into the system, record installation date and time, find file overlays and installation scripts on a remote file system. You can do a lot with the post installation routine in a kickstart file.

Cheatcodes
Cheatcodes are used to pass options to KNOPPIX to help with getting it working on difficult hardware. You type them into the boot screen and press enter/return. The format is “kernel option option option …”. Usually “knoppix” is the right selection for the “kernel”. You can type more than one …

You only get so much grid and cpu to work with. Make the most out of your extractors, processors, storage, and links. If you want to make a decent profit working with planets in high sec, go for the T3 products. T4’s are a lot of work shuttling product between planets, and T2 and under just isn’t worth the time. When you’re ready squeeze every last drop of productivity out of your planets, try these useful tips.