Login as root

type /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart.

This is assuming you had MySQL already running at some point

Login as the mysql user (log in as root and then type su mysql to swith to the mysql user if you don't know the mysql user password)

Type /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld restart.

If your root password stops working because of hackers...

• Boot up the server using your Slackware disc
• Mount the OS hard drive
• /dev/hda1 /mnt
• Go to the /mnt/etc/ directory
• cd /mnt/etc
• Open shadow
• vi shadow
• Blank out the password for root
• Move to the root password and press x to remove characters
• Example edit of /mnt/etc/shadow

  root:jei8DkE/hf06siGldjQke0:12190:0:::::

  change to

  root::12190:0:::::

• Save and quit vi
• ctrl-x
• Reboot
• type 'reboot now' at the prompt
• Log in as root and set your new password at the prompt

• as root edit access by typing vi /etc/mail/access
• add ips like this...

  xx.xx.xx.xx REJECT

  leave off a couple of the numbers to block the whole range like this

  xx.xx REJECT

• save the file and close it
• rebuild the file with new ips by typing this...

  /usr/sbin/makemap hash /etc/mail/access < /etc/mail/access

• using putty, log in to your server using your current password
• type passwd
• follow the instructions

• as root type passwd <user name>
• follow the instructions

• type screen -A -m -S <screen name here>. you should now be in a screen
• to exit the screen but leave it running so you can log out or open other screens (useful when you are running a game server), hit ctrl-d
• to go back into the screen, type screen -r.

• type screen -r to see a list of the running screens
• type screen -r <number*>. * number is the number to the left of the screen you wish to attach to

• To enable FTP uncomment the ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd proftpd line in /etc/inetd.conf.
• Then force the server to re-read inetd.conf by typing ps ax | grep inetd to find out the pid number (the number all the way to the left).
• Once you know the pid, kill it by typing kill -HUP <the pid number>.

• You need to tweak your /etc/inetd.conf file. While logged in as root type vi /etc/inetd.conf file.
• look for the imap line

  # POP and IMAP mail servers

  #

  # Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) server:

  # pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/popa3d

  # Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) server:

  # imap2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd imapd

  #

• remove the number sign (#) in front of imap2 and save the file.
• Then force the server to re-read inetd.conf by typing ps ax | grep inetd to find out the pid number (the number all the way to the left).
• Once you know the pid, kill it by typing kill -HUP <the pid number> and your server will start accepting connections on the imap port (143)

• type ls -l

• type ls -a
• type ls -al to see who owns those hidden files or directories.

• type su <user name>
• enter the password for the user you are trying to log in as

To exit the current account and return to your previous account, type ctrl-d

• log in to your server as yourself
• change to the root account by typing su and the <root password> when prompted
• type chown <user name>:users <file or directory name>

• type rm -R <folder name>

• type df -h

• log in to your server as yourself
• change to the root account by typing su and the <root password> when prompted
• type apachectl stop to stop the apache web server
• type apachectl start to start the apache web server
• type apachectl configtest to test your changes before restarting
• type apachectl restart to stop and then restart the apache web server after making changes

Set up an alias in /etc/aliases

• log in to your server as yourself
• change to the root account by typingsu and the <root password> when prompted
• type vi /etc/aliases
• under decode: root add another line that says root: <the name of the user to receive the mail>
• hit esc and :x to save the changes and exit the aliases file
• type newaliases to apply the changes

Set up an alias in /etc/mail/aliases

• type vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
• look for a line that looks like #PermitRootLogin yes and remove the number sign at the beginning and change yes to no
• hit esc and :x to save the changes and exit the aliases file

• ask egrep for a copy of rc.firewall or find out how to make your own rc.firewall over on the slackware help forum
• once you have rc.firewall, log in to your server as yourself
• change to the root account by typing su and the <root password> when prompted
• save rc.firewall in /etc/rc.d
• execute the script by typing /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall start

• log in to your server as yourself
• change to the root account by typing su <root password>
• change to the rc.d directory by typing cd /etc/rc.d
• open /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2 for editing by typing vi rc.inet2
• press page down to get to the bottom of the file
• press i to insert.
• copy the following and paste it into rc.inet2

  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall ]; then

  rc.inet2: /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall start

  fi

• press esc to stop inserting
• type :x to save your changes and close vi rc.inet2
• start the firewall by typing /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall start

• log in to your server as yourself
• type wget http://<absolute url to the file you are trying to download>

ex:wget 'http://<absolute url to the file you are trying to download>'

note: if the file requires a user name and password, add them after the http:// separated by a colon and followed by an @ symbol

ex: wget http://<user name>:<password>@<absolute url to the file you are trying to download>

• to open a file to edit, type vi <file name>
• esc will cancel insert mode
• i to insert text
• x to delete text
• :x to save and exit
• :q to exit without saving
• :e! to undo all changes you have made
• dd to remove a line

egrep says: Here is my list of files. I use:

tar -zcpf /home/backups/backup-20050605.tar.gz `cat backup.txt`

to perform the backup, and here is the contents of backup.txt:

(the p option in zcpf means to preserve owner:group on the files)

(This is in addition to any /home/* dirs you want to backup)

(I would use /usr/local/apache as the apache command, as that

will backup ALL the apache stuff in case the version is different).

/etc/hosts.allow

/etc/hosts.deny

/etc/passwd

/etc/shadow

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet2

/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall

/etc/hosts

/etc/mail

/etc/named.conf

/var/named

/var/spool/mail

/usr/local/apache/bin

/usr/local/apache/conf

/usr/sbin/sendmail

Make sure the txt file uses Linux line breaks and not Windows carriage returns.

You can find out if somebody is trying to break into your server by checking your log files. You can view them as root by typing

vi /var/log/secure

The log file will show the offending IP and you can add it to your iptables with a dump command like this:

iptables -A INPUT -s <IP ADDRESS> -j DROP

• as root enter timeconfig and choose your time zone
• type date 05041012 to set the software clock to the current time. 05041012 should be the current month, day and hour
• type /sbin/hwclock --systohc to set the hardware clock to the software clock

• ./tribes2d -dedicated -serverprefs bwadminSeverPrefs.cs -mod bwadmin (screen command-to start-the game)

• ^A^D (to detach)

Then you can log out

• screen -r (to re-attach)

• C:\path-to-pscp\pscp mp3.mp3 leche@pirk.com:music-dir/

Interesting ports on mail (192.168.1.1):

(The 65524 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)

Port	State	Service
21/tcp	open	ftp
22/tcp	open	ssh
23/tcp	open	telnet
25/tcp	open	smtp
37/tcp	open	time
79/tcp	open	finger
80/tcp	open	http
111/tcp	open	sunrpc
113/tcp	open	auth
515/tcp	open	printer
587/tcp	open	submission

Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 14 seconds.

telnet in as yourself then change to root

su [root password]

then

/usr/local/sbin/sshd

sh tribes2-25026-x86.run

cp pbsvnew.so /home/leche/.sof2/pb

cfdisk /dev/hdb

select the FAT32 partition and make it a primary linux partition.

Once that is done, we need to mkfs (make filesystem) on the partition so that it is mountable in /etc/fstab

mkfs /dev/hdb1 #of blocks

#of blocks is what cfdisk reported

fstype is ext2 by default, so you do not need

to specify it. If you want bad block checking use:

mkfs -c /dev/hdb1 #of blocks

I believe blocks are 512K byte chunks...

Please hold a sec... Yes, default size for blocks is 512 bytes, so on a 4 gig hard drive... 4,304,250 bytes / 512 = 8406

mkfs /dev/hdb1 8406

mkfs /dev/hdb1 4304250

or

mkfs /dev/hdb1 8608500

Ok, mkfs is a 'front-end' command for many mkfs.? type commands (each one for different file systems).

In our case, we can use mke2fs (to make an ext2 filesystem), and you can omit the number of blocks and let it figure it out...

So, I am going to issue the following and then reboot....

mke2fs -i 4096 /dev/hdb1

Will make an ext2 filesystem with 4096 byte inodes and will calculate the max size for the drive by reading it partition info... Got it?

mount that assmonkey!!!

mount /dev/hdb1 /games

to unmount,umount /dev/hdb1 /games

cd to the destination directory and type:

wget http://www.shaka-zulu.net/downloads/lechebagpipes.wav

It will get saved as lechebagpipes.wav

edit httpd.conf

vi /location/of/your/httpd.conf

# SECURE FOLDER START

<Directory /home/billy/public_html/private>

   AuthType Basic

   AuthName Reynolds

   AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd

*   Satisfy All

  <Limit GET>

   require valid-user

  </Limit>

</Directory>

# SECURE FOLDER END

* go to the folder where you are pointing to in httpd.conf for the pasword above and type

htpasswd -c .htpasswd your password (your password is the actual password you will use)

restart the server

apachectl restart

go to the folder and you should need a password to get in.

stop/start the apache server

/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start (stop, restart)

Bind is used for setting up DNS services on servers. While logged in as the root user, type...

• ./etc/rc.d/rc.bind status to see the current Bind status.
• ./etc/rc.d/rc.bind start to start Bind.
• ./etc/rc.d/rc.bind stop to stop Bind.
• ./etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart to restart Bind.

While logged in as the root user, type adduser. Follow the prompts. You should only need to enter the new user's name and leave the rest as the defaults by pressing 'Enter'.

While logged in as the root user, type...

• installpkg <package name>.txz to install a new package.
• removepkg <package name> to remove a new package. The file extension (.txz) is not required when uninstalling.

/etc/resolve.conf has a list of nameservers your server can look for domain names on. You can update it directly while logged in as the root user by editing it by typing vi /etc/resolve.conf by adding individual lines of nameserver 'nameserver ip' or update /etc/resolveconf.conf by adding a list of space separated ips in quotes after name_servers =. Then run resolveconf -u.

WinSCP. That is all I have to say about that.