To Add a Bullet to an Existing Text Entry

1. Position the insertion point at the beginning of your text entry.
2. Type a symbol that you want to use as a bullet. To create the bullet character, press ALT+0149 (type 0149 on the numeric keypad).
   
   You may want to include a space after the character so that the bullet will not be next to the text. Note that the bullet is an extended character and may not be available with all fonts.
   
   Some other examples of characters you can use include: >, /, ~, !, and others.

To Create a Custom Text Format That Includes Bullets

1. Select the cell or range of cells that you want to apply bullets to.
2. On the Format menu, click Cells.
3. On the Number tab, click the Text category, and then click the Custom category.
   
   Microsoft Excel places an at sign (@) in the Type box.
4. In the Type box, place the insertion point before the @, and type the symbol that you want to use as a bullet. To create the bullet character, press ALT+0149 (type 0149 on the numeric keypad).
   
   You may want to include a space after the symbol so that the bullet will not be next to the text. Note that the bullet is an extended character and may not be available with all fonts.
   
   Some other examples of characters you can use include: >, /, ~, !, and others.
5. Click OK.

Getting in

Escape key

Getting out

Help

Window Management

Split screen

Scripting

screen -S <name> [-p <page>] -X stuff $'quit\r'

# run bash within screen
screen -AmdS bash_shell bash
# run top within that bash session
screen -S bash_shell -p 0 -X stuff $'top\r'
 
# ... some time later
 
# stuff 'q' to tell top to quit
screen -S bash_shell -X stuff 'q'
# stuff 'exit\n' to exit bash session
screen -S bash_shell -X stuff $'exit\r'

Misc

Which Windows Passwords & Credentials Can Be Easily Cracked?

Submitted by Ciprian Adrian Rusen on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 12:17

When we published our first article about the Credential Manager, some of you wanted to know how secure is the data stored inside. Can it be easily cracked? We made a few tests and we managed to identify which Windows Vault passwords can be easily cracked and which not. Read more for details.

The Tool Used for Cracking Passwords - Network Password Recovery

First, I would like to introduce Network Password Recovery - a free tool anyone can download and use to view the passwords stored by Windows in its Credential Manager.

When you run it, it shows for each entry in the Credential Manager, its name, type, the username and password used, when it was last written, its alias and the password strength.

What Passwords Are (In)Secure?

The good news is that some passwords are safe and cannot be decrypted. The bad news is that there are more insecure passwords than secure ones.

What passwords are secure? First, the password used by your Homegroup is properly encrypted and cannot be easily identified. Second, are the credentials used for"virtualapp/didlogical", we covered in the previous article: Credential Manager - Where Windows Stores Passwords & Other Login Details.

The bad thing though is that other log-in credentials you ask Windows 7 to remember so that you access shared folders on your network are not secure. They can all be easily read and then the other network computers accessed by unwanted guests who cracked the Credential Manager data on your computer. Therefore, if you have a home network, I highly recommend you to use only the Homegroup feature for sharing folders and devices. Do not share folders using the old ways you’ve grown accustomed to from Windows XP.

The most worrisome aspect is that my Windows Live ID password was not secure. Network Password Recovery was able to easily read it. If an unauthorized program or person is able to read it, it will immediately have access to all the Windows Live services I am using. And there are a whole lot of Windows Live Services they would get access to, including Xbox Live which stores financial data for purchasing games on Xbox.

I hope this will be changed at least in the final version of Windows 8, since the Windows Live IDwill be so central to the whole computing experience. I have tested the Developer Preview of Windows 8 and unfortunately the details of your Windows Live ID are as insecure as in Windows 7. UPDATE: In later updates created for Windows 8 Consumer Preview, this problem no longer exists. It is great to see this improvement in Windows 8.

What Next - Security Recommendations that Will Help?

Considering that most of the information stored in the Credential Manager is insecure, what can you do about it?

First of all, use a strong log-on password for your Windows users accounts. This will make it harder to be cracked with tools that can be easily found on the Internet.

The second piece of advice is to always keep UAC turned on. Also, make sure you have a good security solution installed on your computer. This way, you have a high chance of not getting your computer infected by unwanted malware that aims to steal your personal data.

Third, in case your computer gets stolen, the only real solution to not have it easily cracked is to encrypt it using a solution such as BitLocker or something similar.

Last but not least, if you want to give access to your computer to other people, don’t let them use your user account. Create a separate (non-administrator) account for them, or turn on the standard Guest account. Do not give them access to your administrator account.

Conclusion

Since the data stored in the Credential Manager varies from user to user, it would be good to know: what other passwords do you have stored in the Credential Manager? Which of them are insecure?

Use the Network Password Recovery - make sure you download the appropriate version (32-bit or 64-bit) - and identify the credentials that can be easily cracked and share them with the other readers.

NOTE: Some security products will identify Network Password Recovery as a HackTool, which is entirely true. However, there is no need to worry. It is safe to use it, you won't get your computer infected. You will only be able to hack the passwords stored in the Windows Vault.

Related articles:

Credential Manager - Where Windows Stores Passwords & Other Login Details
How to Backup and Restore Windows Vault Passwords
Password Security - Turn Your Dumb Habits Into Geek Habits

http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-7/516035-credential-manager-windows-7-a.html

if ! mount | grep -q '/media/backups'; then
    echo "/media/backups not mounted"
    exit 1
fi

• Discover and connect to WSD-based network printers
• Send print jobs to WSD printers
• Monitor the status and configuration of the WSD printers and update the printer object status accordingly
• Respond to bidirectional queries from WSD printers

1. To find a printer, the client sends a multicast Probe message.  The Probe indicates that the client is looking for a print service.  The probe also indicates whether or not the client requires security.
2. The WSD-based device listens for Probe messages and responds directly to the client with a Probe Match message since it hosts a print service.
3. To find out more about the WSD device and what services it hosts, a client sends a Get Metadata message directly to the device using unicast.  Prior to sending a Get Metadata message, a client may also send a Resolve message if the name of the WSD device is known.
4. The device replies with its metadata.  The metadata may either be in-line within the response message or the device may send a pointer to the metadata.  Besides information like the device manufacturer, serial number and firmware version, the metadata also includes the endpoint reference for each of the services hosted by the device.
5. To find out more about the print service itself, the client may send a Get Metadata message directly to the service.
6. The service replies with its metadata, including information about the operations that the service supports and printer-specific metadata (ability to print in color, pages per minute, number and size of paper trays etc).
7. The client sends a message to start a print job.
8. The service responds with a status to acknowledge the client request to start a print job.
9. To receive updates on the status of the job or about the overall status of the print service, the client may send a Subscribe message to the print service.
10. The Subscribe response message include an identifier for the subscription and when it will expire.  If the client needs status information after the expiration, it has to renew the subscription.
11. The client sends the print job itself to the print service, encoding large images as attachments to the message.  Attachments are an optimization for transmitting a SOAP message by selectively re-encoding portions of the message while still presenting the required XML to the SOAP application.
12. The print service responds to indicate that the job has been accepted.
13. The print service sends an event to the client, informing it of, for instance, a change in the print job, number of pages printed, paper jam, completion etc.

• MSDN: Web Services on Devices (Windows)

Delete an Address from the Outlook Auto-Complete List

• Create a new email message in Outlook.
• Start typing the name or address you want to remove.
• Use the down arrow key to highlight the desired (undesired) entry.
• Press Del.

Want to Edit the Outlook Auto-Complete List?

Prevent Outlook Address Auto-Completion Altogether

• Select Tools | Options... from the menu.
• Go to the Preferences tab.
• Click E-mail Options....
• Now click Advanced E-mail Options....
• Make sure Suggest names while completing To, Cc, and Bcc fields is not checked.
• Click OK.
• Click OK again.
• Click OK once more.

== ISSUE THIS COMMAND
[xxx@devxxx ~]$ screen -ls


== SCREEN RESPONDS
There are screens on:
        23487.pts-0.devxxx      (Detached)
        26727.pts-0.devxxx      (Attached)
2 Sockets in /tmp/uscreens/S-xxx.


== NOW KILL THE ONE YOU DONT WANT
[xxx@devxxx ~]$ screen -X -S 23487.pts-0.devxxx kill

or

[xxx@devxxx ~]$screen -S 23487 -X quit
== WANT PROOF?
[xxx@devxxx ~]$ screen -ls
There is a screen on:
        26727.pts-0.devxxx      (Attached)
1 Socket in /tmp/uscreens/S-xxx.

REFERENCES

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session

Find command and logical operators

Understanding find command operators

WARNING! The '-or', '-and', and '-not' operator are not available on all versions of find. Usually GNU find supports all options. Refer your local find command man page for more information.

How do I ignore hidden .dot files while searching for files?

find /path/to/dest -type d \( ! -name tmp \) -print

find /path/to/dest -type d \( ! -name tmp \) -o \( ! -name cache \) -print

find /path/to/dest -type d \( ! -name tmp \) -o \( ! -name cache -prune \) -print

find /  \( ! -name tmp \) -o \( ! -name root -prune \)  -name "*.pl" -print

SESSION MANAGEMENT

tmux new -s session_name

creates a new tmux session named session_name

tmux attach -t session_name

attaches to an existing tmux session named session_name

tmux switch -t session_name

switches to an existing session named session_name

tmux list-sessions

lists existing tmux sessions

tmux detach (prefix + d)

detach the currently attached session

WINDOWS

tmux new-window (prefix + c)

create a new window

tmux select-window -t :0-9 (prefix + 0-9)

move to the window based on index

tmux rename-window (prefix + ,)

rename the current window

PANES

tmux split-window (prefix + ")

splits the window into two vertical panes

tmux split-window -h (prefix + %)

splits the window into two horizontal panes

tmux swap-pane -[UDLR] (prefix + { or })

swaps pane with another in the specified direction

tmux select-pane -[UDLR]

selects the next pane in the specified direction

tmux select-pane -t :.+

selects the next pane in numerical order

HELPFUL TMUX COMMANDS

tmux list-keys

lists out every bound key and the tmux command it runs

tmux list-commands

lists out every tmux command and its arguments

tmux info

lists out every session, window, pane, its pid, etc.

tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

reloads the current tmux configuration (based on a default tmux config)

MUST-HAVES

# remap prefix to Control + a
set -g prefix C-a
unbind C-b
bind C-a send-prefix

# force a reload of the config file
unbind r
bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf

# quick pane cycling
unbind ^A
bind ^A select-pane -t :.+

WORKFLOW