Environment variables# Lot of programs (such as wget, curl, pacman, ...) use environment variables to determine the proxy of a given protocol. Environment variables can be added per user in their .bas
To change the UUID of a virtual disk: 1VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid <filepath> [<uuid>] Examples# With a vdi disk : VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid disk.vdi With a vmdk dis
Version of software used: VirtualBox 5.0.22 vSphere Client 5.1 VMware ESXI 5.1 Export to OVA/OVF# From VirtualBox export the virtual machine : "File" > "Export Appliance". The
Here is how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Debian-based Linux distributions like Parrot Security OS, Kali Linux, Tails, Whonix or REMnux. With VirtualBox Guest Additions it become possible t
This how-to works independently of the host platform. On virtualbox : Open the Configuration window of the VM (guest) Select Shared folder on the left menu Click on the icon corresponding to Add a sh
There is the old method cat /etc/*-release to match distribution release file. For example on openSUSE this will match with /etc/SuSE-release. This method is deprecated and will be removed in the futu
VBoxManage can't directly convert vdi to qcow2, so there is two options : With VBoxManage convert vdi to raw and with qemu-img convert raw to qcow2 With qemu-img convert vdi to qcow2 Notes : vdi are
FreeBSD update to version 10.3. Main improvments: 15 security flaws patched UEFI support Gnome 3.16.2 Full Release Notes on official FreeBSD website.
OpenBSD update to version 5.9. Main improvments: Pledge - a new mitigation mechanism process in restricted mode security improved 70% of user components converted WiFi 802.11n multithread network
A usefull command if are want to read keyboard input : showkey. Very useful to know keycodes when programming. What is showkey ?# showkey - examine the codes sent by the keyboard How does it work ?# s