MAC address whitelisting sounds like a great way to prevent unauthorized access to your wireless network, but it does not work as well as you might think. The purpose of this guide is to demonstrate exactly how easy it is to spoof a whitelisted MAC address and gain access to a restricted network. In the…
The functionalities of the GNOME desktop environment can be expanded with the installation of Ubuntu GNOME extensions. These are plugins written and submitted by normal users and developers that seek to improve the desktop environment and want to share their extension with other users. If you are hoping to customize your desktop experience, add new…
Although Kali Linux downloads come with a GUI installed by default, a desktop environment is only a supplemental component of a Linux system, and is not essential. Many Linux administrators prefer to interact with the command line terminal instead of a GUI, and may even come to find the GUI as an unnecessary hindrance that they would rather do…
Understanding and managing runlevels is an essential skill for Linux administrators. Runlevels determine the state of the machine after booting, such as whether it starts with a graphical interface or in a multi-user mode. This article provides a comprehensive guide on how to check and change the default runlevel in Ubuntu Linux. In this tutorial…
In order to enable root login for Kali Linux, we must set the the root password manually. In past versions of Kali Linux, users were able to log in directly to the root account by default. On more recent versions, this has been disabled. The reasoning behind this change should be obvious, but if you’re a…
While Ubuntu and Debian come with native applications to open PDF documents by default, some users may prefer to install Adobe Acrobat Reader for its additional features and compatibility. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Adobe Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu and Debian. This application will provide enhanced capabilities for opening and managing PDF…
The objective of this guide is to show how to enable and disable the WiFi on Kali Linux. This can be done either by GUI or command line, and we’ll be showing the step by step instructions for both methods in this tutorial. This will be helpful if you’re having trouble connecting to a wireless router, or…
The default firewall on Ubuntu is ufw, which is short for “uncomplicated firewall.” Ufw is a frontend for the typical Linux iptables commands, but it is developed in such a way that basic firewall tasks can be performed without the knowledge of iptables. Additionally, ufw can be managed from a graphical interface. In this tutorial, you will…
It’s possible to reset Kali Linux password in the event that you are no longer able to login to the root user account. This happens if you haven’t logged in for a while and have since forgot Kali Linux password. In case you have not already tried, the default Kali password for root user is toor (root backwards) on…
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web servers. This guide will walk you through the installation and configuration of a WebDAV server on Ubuntu and Debian using Apache2. In this tutorial you will learn: Category Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used System Ubuntu or Debian…