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		<title>How to List All Users in Linux</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/how-to-list-all-users-in-linux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The /etc/passwd file in Linux is a file that contains a list of users, and information about those users. We can use this file to list all users that exist in our system. For example, using the &#8220;cat&#8221; command will output the whole file. Notice that every line starts with the username field. oot@bt:~# cat /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backing up and Restoring the Master Boot Record (MBR).</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/backing-up-and-restoring-the-master-boot-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making a copy or backup of your MBR is very simple. There&#8217;s a couple of ways you can go about it. First one, using &#8220;dd&#8221; command, and second, using &#8220;sfdisk.&#8221; The Master Boot Record is 512 bytes 446 Bootstrap + 64 Partition Table + 2 Signature = 512 Using &#8220;dd&#8221; with identical partitions copying   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erasing your Hard Drive Data with Shred.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/erasing-your-hard-drive-data-with-shred/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re planning on selling or decommission your old PC / Laptop, it is always a good practice to completely erase your hard drive data. There are tools that make recovering of files very easy. Even when these files have been overwritten by partitioning and installing new OS. Tools like Shred or DBAN make the process of securely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Installing Gnome Classic in Ubuntu 11.10.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/installing-gnome-classic-in-ubuntu-11-10/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/installing-gnome-classic-in-ubuntu-11-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve migrated to Ubuntu 11.10, and you&#8217;re having a hard time getting used to &#8220;Unity,&#8221; there&#8217;s hope!.. Well, sort of. You can install Gnome Classic, which will make the interface a bit more familiar, but still is gnome3, and it is a huge transformation from previous versions of gnome, but at least is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Desktop Launcher in Ubuntu 11.10</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/creating-a-desktop-launcher-in-ubuntu-11-10/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/creating-a-desktop-launcher-in-ubuntu-11-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=1242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this tutorial we will go over on how to create a desktop shortcut or application launcher in Ubuntu 11.10. In previous version it was pretty easy to create a desktop launcher; you pretty much right click the desktop and create your launcher, but not so easy in this version of Ubuntu, and that&#8217;s what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell Script to Check Running Services in Linux.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/shell-script-to-check-running-services-in-linux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most networks rely on services to run all the time, whether it is MySQL for database, or Apache for web services, the fact of the matter is that those services need to be available all the time; therefore, admins need to make sure those services are running. So here&#8217;s a simple, yet efficient script that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell Script to Parse Daily Log Files.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/shell-script-to-parse-daily-log-files/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/shell-script-to-parse-daily-log-files/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 06:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=1136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Going through different log files can be a pain, but here&#8217;s a simple script that parses today&#8217;s logs from different files into a single file, in this case we extract today&#8217;s logs from messages, auth.log, syslog. Finally, we send them through email. Don&#8217;t forget to make the file executable!&#8230; Logparser can be downloaded from here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backtrack 5 Gnome Flavor.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/backtrack-5-gnome-flavor/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/backtrack-5-gnome-flavor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 19:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Backtrack 5 is out, and in this version you have the option to download your preferred desktop manager: Gnome or Kde. In my case I prefer gnome because in my opinion, it offers more flexibility when configuring X window. I have not played around much with this version, but I noticed that Nessus is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macxchange Script to Change MAC and Hostname in Backtrack.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/script-to-change-mac-and-hostname-in-backtrack/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/script-to-change-mac-and-hostname-in-backtrack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 12:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pentesting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hostname change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=1091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When conducting a pentest, the first thing the pentester should do is to change its computer mac address and hostname because they are recorded in the logs and dhcp server. Macxchange is a very simple script. It is meant to work with backtrack or any other linux distro. It selects a random word from john [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Installing VMware-Tools in Backtrack 4 &#8211; VM Workstation</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/installing-vmware-tools-in-backtrack-4-vmware-wrokstation/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/installing-vmware-tools-in-backtrack-4-vmware-wrokstation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pentesting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me that test pretty much any os and apps in some sort of virtual environment. In my case I use VMware Workstation, so when I decided to test Backtrack 4 final, I needed to install the vmware Tools, and here I go over the commands needed to install the vmware tools. 1- [...]]]></description>
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