Linux Tips and Tricks

Recompile Kernel

Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on Ubuntu systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) More»

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Come installare una stampante tramite l’interfaccia web CUPS

Basta puntare il nostro browser web (Mozilla Firefox) su http://localhost:631 (non hai bisogno di internet per fare questo)

Nella pagina principale dell’interfaccia di CUPS clicchiamo sul pulsante Add Printer.
A questo punto ci verrà richiesto di inserire il nome (una sola parola) che classentificherà la stampante nel sistema, la sua posizione ed una descrizione (lunga). Clicchiamo sul pulsante “Continue” per proseguire.
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Ophcrack the Windows password cracker

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Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a GTK+ Graphical User Interface and runs on Windows, Mac OS X (Intel CPU) as well as on Linux.
Features

Runs on Windows,Linux and Mac OS X (intel).
Cracks LM and NTLM hashes.
Free tables available for alphanumeric LM hashes.
Loads hashes from local SAM, remote SAM.
Loads hashes from encrypted SAM recovered from a Windows partition.

You can download it from HERE.
All you have to do is burn this ISO image to a CD using your favourite burner e.g. Nero, reboot your computer, go into the BIOS and make sure you can boot your Pc from a CD-ROM. Ophcrack would be loaded and in less than 2 minutes, the job is been done. It gives you even the administrators password.

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