Prevent screen from blank out can be hardcore in Linux.

Prevent screen from blank out can be hardcore in Linux.

setterm -blank 0

setterm -powerdown 0

setterm -powersave off

xset s off

xset -dpms

This must help from screen blanking.


P.S.

setterm -blank 0 - turn off console timeout blanking;
setterm -powerdown 0 - VESA powerdown interval;
setterm -powersave off - turns off monitor VESA powersaving features;
xset s off - turn off X screensaver;
xset -dpms - turn off DPMS (Energy Star) features.

First implementation of remote journaling in systemd

Recently released Systemd 212 has a very desirable feature - remote logging.

For now is clear that sooner or later systemd is going to be used in most enterprise Linux distributions, so know it.

Now Systemd remote journaling is going to be marvellous.

Syslog is a classic system that had major difference in implemented  remote journaling from Systemd that didn't had it. So for big server farms Syslog journaling was more desirable for monitoring than Systemd logging that had needed to be collected with third-party additional software.

I don't love many architectural moments in Systemd.
That it's not a Unix way philosophy that I think very important for long durable system building and many developers say that it designed in a very risky manner, like create too complicated architecture around init root point of OS that deals with processes, and soon can turn into nightmare. I think it's going to be new X11 like no one knows how this mess works.

Large! Microsoft Office RTF vulnerability

For several days there is zero-day exploit. Remote code execution from modified *.rtf file.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, and multiple versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server.
Even viewing e-massage in Outlook with modified *.rtf gave execution privileges to attacker.

So you be warned!

Recommend to use temporary Fix from Microsoft in most dangerous places that can be injured:

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2953095

A good day to start

Interest in IT, open source, Linux.

I am get enough of huge technology overhead we need to remember just 'cause "that" thing hard to find and not so often needed to remember it automatically. That is why I started this. And also 'cause I have some interesting stuff to share.

Hope this will be interesting for you.