Ever wonder what configuration variables lie withing the moodle code? Well you have the config.php file but that only tells you a small fraction of the available configuration variables. Why might you need to know this? Well it is interesting…
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Deleting specific emails from the postfix mail queue
A week ago a development database server lost power, which is usually no big deal only that I have some reporting scripts that run every 5 minutes for each database. When these databases became unavailable they (the scripts) like to…
All configuration variables in Moodle code?
Sometimes Moodle introduces some nice new configuration variables and I like to make sure that I know what they are and where they are. So to begin my investigation without heading off to the web I use the following command…
Tagged with: cfg, configuration variables, grep, linux, moodle, moodle_19, one liners, sort
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Posted in Uncategorized
Adding a malicious system call to the Linux kernel – Rootkit
Introduction Today I am adding a malicious system call to the Linux kernel which will allow the caller to do something they cannot normally do in user mode. When attacking a Linux box our goal is usually to become root;…
Tagged with: computer security, kernel, linux, mssf, opensuse, rootkit, security, system call, virtual pc
Posted in Security
Posted in Security