Category: Linux

  • how to set default user for manually installed WSL distro?

    https://superuser.com/questions/1566022/how-to-set-default-user-for-manually-installed-wsl-distro My preferred approach: /etc/wsl.conf inside the distro.

  • how to access a Linux desktop from Windows via RDP

    https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/remote-control-linux-windows/ https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/windows-remote-desktop-connection-custom-configurations/ https://www.ubuntupit.com/how-to-install-and-use-xrdp-server-remote-desktop-on-linux-system/ https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xrdp+session+xvnc+%22login+failed+for+display%22 https://superuser.com/questions/1143359/xrdp-session-login-failed-for-display-0 https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/1412 https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/473209/connect-directly-to-xvnc-started-by-xrdp#473275

  • pkgs.org : packages search for Linux and Unix

    https://pkgs.org very useful website!

  • deprecated Linux networking commands and their replacements – net-tools vs iproute2

    https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/mastering-linux-network/9781784399597/ – Mastering Linux Network Administration (PacktPub) !!!!! https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/mastering-linux-network/9781784399597/ch02s04.html !!!!! https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/linux-networking-cookbook/9780596102487/ – O’Reilly https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/linux-network-administrators/0596005482/ – O’Reilly https://dougvitale.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/deprecated-linux-networking-commands-and-their-replacements/ – great article showing how to do modern Linux networking on the command line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iproute2 – includes a rather compact but useful (mapping) table https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2 https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2_examples https://lartc.org/howto/ http://www.policyrouting.org/iproute2.doc.html https://www.lisenet.com/2013/finding-open-ports-and-listening-services-on-linux/ https://www.lisenet.com/tag/netstat/ https://linuxize.com/post/check-listening-ports-linux/ – how to check for listening ports…

  • WSL commands and launch configurations

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config

  • mounting a windows share in WSL

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45244306/mounting-a-windows-share-in-windows-subsystem-for-linux https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45244306/mounting-a-windows-share-in-windows-subsystem-for-linux#comment103562982_46968030 Mounting a network share by its drive letter …

  • Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

  • run Linux GUI apps with WSL

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps

  • install CentOS on WSL2

    https://lsotocampos.wordpress.com/2020/11/26/quick-install-centos-on-wsl2/

  • “System Security Services Daemon” AKA SSSD

    … It is intended to provide single sign-on capabilities to networks based on Unix-like OSs that are similar in effect to the capabilities provided by Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services to Microsoft Windows networks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Security_Services_Daemon Enroll your Linux machine into an Active Directory, FreeIPA or LDAP domain. Use remote identities, policies and various authentication and…