Category: linux

xargs understanding – linux

xargs pass the output(stdout) of first command to second command as argument. 

ls | xargs rm -f

This will remove all file listed by ls command

  • To understand properly what xargs is doing. use -p flag. It’s like dry-run.
[root@lp-k8control-1 xargs]# ls
test  test2  test3
[root@lp-k8control-1 xargs]# ls | xargs -p rm -f
rm -f test test2 test3 ?...

flag -n1 = one at a time

[root@lp-k8control-1 xargs]# ls | xargs -p -n1 rm -f
rm -f test ?...

flag -I % = run multiple command

[root@lp-k8control-1 xargs]# ls | xargs -p -n1 -I % /bin/bash -c 'ls %; ll %  '
/bin/bash -c ls test; ll test   ?...y
test

More : https://flaviocopes.com/linux-command-xargs/

Tmux , Screen, Nohup, – Run command in background

Why?
– Run process in background
– Run database backup in background

Tmux:

#List
tmux ls

#Start session
tmux new -s mysession

#Reconnect  
tmux a -t session_name

#Disconnect
ctrl + b + D


#Reconnect to 0 session
tmux a -t 0

More : https://tmuxcheatsheet.com

Screen :

#List
screen -ls

#Named session
screen -A -m -d -S session_name command

#Reconnect to named session
screen -r session_name 

#Disconnect
CTRL + a + d

https://gist.github.com/jctosta/af918e1618682638aa82

Nohup:

Nohup command &

It’s create nohup.out file in same directory with all command logs

https://www.thegeekdiary.com/nohup-command-examples-runs-a-command-that-keeps-running-after-you-log-out/

Jobs:

jobs
fg
bg

https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/x9644.html

Strings command in linux

strings /lib64/libc.so.6 |grep GLIBC

strings /bin/ls


Usage: strings [option(s)] [file(s)]
 Display printable strings in [file(s)] (stdin by default)
 The options are:
  -a - --all                Scan the entire file, not just the data section [default]
  -d --data                 Only scan the data sections in the file
  -f --print-file-name      Print the name of the file before each string
  -n --bytes=[number]       Locate & print any NUL-terminated sequence of at
  -<number>                   least [number] characters (default 4).
  -t --radix={o,d,x}        Print the location of the string in base 8, 10 or 16
  -w --include-all-whitespace Include all whitespace as valid string characters
  -o                        An alias for --radix=o
  -T --target=<BFDNAME>     Specify the binary file format
  -e --encoding={s,S,b,l,B,L} Select character size and endianness:
                            s = 7-bit, S = 8-bit, {b,l} = 16-bit, {B,L} = 32-bit
  -s --output-separator=<string> String used to separate strings in output.
  @<file>                   Read options from <file>
  -h --help                 Display this information
  -v -V --version           Print the program's version number
strings: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-iamcu elf32-x86-64 a.out-i386-linux pei-i386 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big pe-x86-64 pe-bigobj-x86-64 pe-i386 plugin srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihex

connect to wifi using terminal in ubuntu

1.Create file and add wifi name and creds (vi /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf)

network={
    ssid="ssid_name"
    psk="password"
}

2.Connect

sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -D wext
sudo dhclient wlan0

More : https://askubuntu.com/questions/138472/how-do-i-connect-to-a-wpa-wifi-network-using-the-command-line

https://askubuntu.com/questions/294257/connect-to-wifi-network-through-ubuntu-terminal

sftp setup to restrict user to some /path

WHY?
– Secure access
– Secure path

adduser kool -s /sbin/nologin

#edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and ADD

Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
   Match User kool
   ChrootDirectory /opt/dir1/dir2
   ForceCommand internal-sftp
   X11Forwarding no
   AllowTcpForwarding no


chown root:root -R /opt/dir1/dir2
chmod 755 -R /opt/dir1/dir2

chown kool:kool /opt/dir1/dir2/kool
chmod 700 /opt/dir1/dir2/kool

iptables port allow/block

//Block port 8080

iptables  -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8080 -j DROP

//Allow port 8080

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT

//Delete rule from same command(-D)

iptables  -D INPUT -p tcp --dport 8080 -j DROP

//Delete iptable rule for 8080 as per line number

iptables -L --line-numbers
iptables -D INPUT 1

//List rules

iptables -S
iptables -S TCP
iptables -L INPUT
iptables -L INPUT -v

#save
service iptables save

Special File Permissions in linux setuid, setgid, sticky bit

setuid permission:

When program is executed with setuid permission it will executed as owner of that program.

-rwsr-xr-x. 1 root root 27856 Aug  9  2019 /usr/bin/passwd

as passwd has setuid set that’s why normal user can reset their password

#exec will be as owner user
chmod u+s  file_name 

#exec will be as owner user
chmod 4750   file_name

setgid permission:

When program is executed with setgid permission it will executed as group owner of that program.

-r-xr-sr-x. 1 root tty 15344 Jun 10  2014 /usr/bin/wall

as wall has setgid enabled it has all the permission as group tty has.

chmod u+g  file_name 
chmod 2700   file_name

Sticky bit:

Owner of files and directory and root can only delete the file when sticky bit is set.

drwxrwxrwt.  16 root root 4096 Oct 10 10:10 tmp

all linux /tmp directory has sticky bit enabled.

chmod +t /tmp

NOTE: Capital S,T displayed when user does not have execute permission on that file

Check tcp port with BASH and CURL

WHY?
– If telnet command is not present on system
– Easy to use

BASH:

ECHO:

#1
echo > /dev/tcp/192.168.0.183/22

#2
echo > /dev/tcp/192.168.0.183/22 && echo "open"

#3
echo > /dev/tcp/192.168.0.183/22 && echo "open" || echo "close"

#4
(echo > /dev/tcp/192.168.0.183/22)  > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "open" || echo "close"

CAT:

cat < /dev/tcp/192.168.0.183/22

CURL:

curl -v telnet://192.168.0.183:22
curl -v telnet://hackfi.initedit.com:80