-Qt for wayland requires qt5-wayland package and "export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland" -You still have tor and "arm" to monitor it -Docker is pretty cool you should use it, https://www.kali.org/news/official-kali-linux-docker-images/ also works with wifite2, it basically is a shell-oriented low-weight high-performance virtual machine wich can run prebuilt docker images or your personal docker images. Docs: https://docs.docker.com/ # ARCH SECTION -Pacman commands: "pacman -Syy" update repositories "pacman -Su" update packages "pacman -Qdtq" list unused/orphan packages "pacman -R" remove a package "pacman -S" install a package "pacman -R $(pacman -Qdtq)" remove unused packages "pacman -Rns" remove packages and its dependencies (recursively) "pacman -Ql" list all package files and locations "pacman -Qqe" list all installed packages If you panic just do "sudo pacman -Syy" and then "sudo pacman -Su" "rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/db.lck" remove pacman's transaction lock file (to solve "could not unlock database" error) To manage and download packages from the AUR use: pikaur yaourt (unmantained) These are all wrappers which means they extend some functionalities of pacman to use AUR, for example updating and installing packages (-Syu and -S) NOTE: pacman wrappers don't need to be run as root since it's dangerous to run PKGBUILD as such. # SYSADMIN SECTION -"acpi" is kinda important in laptops "acpi -i" for info, also "thinkpad_acpi" should be noted -GREP basics: G-REP or "grep" can be used to filter command results: "ps ax | grep whatyouwant" and it will output the line containing "whatyouwant" example "dmesg | grep whatyouwant" NOTE: "|" is used to pipe the output in another program -Linux afterinstall (how to get thing working): Bluetooth usage: Refers to: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_headset https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bluetooth Start the "bluetooth.service" service then refer to: Generating locales (languages and language support): Add locales uncommenting them in /etc/locale.gen Run "locale-gen" Reboot NOTE: if installing locales with a specific character set (russian, chinese, japanese) it is needed to also install the specific fonts, refer to: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Localization" to find the specific font packages and install them using pacman Getting the graphics drivers: For Intel graphics cards: Refers to: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics mesa lib32-mesa vulkan-intel For nvidia graphics cards: Please refer to: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA#Installation For amd graphics cards: mesa lib32-mesa xf86-video-ati: for Xorg hardware acceleration support mesa-vdpau and lib32-mesa-vdpau: for accelerated video decoding -You use "ps ax" to view all processes and their UIDs -"https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/systemd" just helpful -To run .jar files in cli you must use "java -jar" -To list all partitions "sudo fdisk -l" -To check a disk's health you need "smartmontools", first check system compatibility with "sudo smartctl -c /dev/sdX" then either do a short test "sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sdX" or a long test "sudo smartctl -t long /dev/sdX" lastly do "sudo smartctl -H /dev/sdX" to get the results -Recompiling compilers for zerynth: If facing compiling errors in zerynth, manually recompile the compiler for the board in ""~/.zerynth2/sys" for example replacing the xtensa-lx106 compiler (esp8266) goes: 1-Move the old compiler folder somewhere safe (~/.zerynth2/sys/xtensa-lx106) 2-Clone and compile (as standalone) new compiler in a temporary folder, guide here -> "http://domoticx.com/sdk-esp8266-xtensa-architecture-toolchain/" 3-Move the newly created compiler folder (xtensa-lx106-elf) in ~/.zerynth2/sys and rename it as the original one (xtensa-lx106/) 4-Copy the old package.json in the new compiler folder Better yet is to wait for an official fix and report the bug on the troubleshooting section Also the same thing has to be done with the xtensa-lx6 compiler (esp32) "https://dl.espressif.com/doc/esp-idf/latest/get-started/linux-setup.html" -Fixing Arduino permissions: Source: https://www.howtogeek.com/50787/add-a-user-to-a-group-or-second-group-on-linux/ "ls -la /dev/tty*" and see which group TTYs are in, then add yourself to that group: "usermod -a -G examplegroup exampleusername" or just use "$USER" to add current user, then reboot. -Theming gnome: download the theme packages at "https://www.gnome-look.org/" and unzip them then depending if it is an icon theme or an normal theme place them in "/usr/share/icons" or "/usr/share/themes" accordingly -Adding executables and shortcuts: Refers to: https://askubuntu.com/questions/322772/how-do-i-add-an-executable-to-my-search-path https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3809/how-can-i-make-a-program-executable-from-everywhere You have to add them to your $PATH, example: "export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/esp/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin" Quote "If you just type export PATH=$PATH: at the command line it will only last for the length of the session. If you want to change it permanently add export PATH=$PATH: to your ~/.bashrc file (just at the end is fine)." -Use "clamav" as antivirus: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ClamAV", to update use "freshclam" as sudo and to scan "clamscan --recursive --infected /path/to/something" -Some git stuff: Creating a repo and pushing the first commit: "https://help.github.com/articles/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line/" basically it's a matter of defining the remote (origin) repo "git remote add origin " committing the changes in local repo "git commit -m "message" " pushing before first pull "git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories" the last part is just to merge the repos (if needed) and finally pushing the changes "git push origin master", or in atom just publish Using 2 factor auth. in command line and atom: "https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line/" basically you have to use a access token instead of the password, these are unique and you can only see them once, so be careful with them! -Powertop usage: Arch page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/powertop To start powertop use "sudo powertop" For the first calibration use "sudo powertop --calibrate", NOTE: it takes a few minutes and during that time the screen may go (it does) black for a few minutes too, just let it run. To set everything to "good" do "sudo powertop --auto-tune", to make the auto-tune start at boot refer to the Arch wiki or "how to create a sysemd service" NOTE: in order to apply changes and stuff you have to leave it running for some time to let it take its measures and stuff -Power management: Arch page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management#Power_management_with_systemd To change the actions to take when power button or lid switch events occur: modify the conf. file at /etc/systemd/logind.conf or /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf -Who are you? "whoami" -Where am I? "groups" -Adding executables not located in /bin/ (downloaded from internet): Refers to: https://askubuntu.com/questions/322772/how-do-i-add-an-executable-to-my-search-path https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3809/how-can-i-make-a-program-executable-from-everywhere Adding them momentarily: Add them to your $PATH, example: "export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/esp/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin" Adding them at the start of the session: Using bashrc: Add export PATH=$PATH: (the bin/ folder) to your ~/.bashrc file (just at the end is fine) Using cron: Add export PATH=$PATH: to your crontab file: Open your crontab file using "crontab -e" for current user or "crontab -e -u username" fo others At the end of the file add "@reboot export PATH=$PATH:" NOTE: probably it is best do to add the command in the "su" cron file -Checking system errors: Refers to: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Journal https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-journalctl-to-view-and-manipulate-systemd-logs If your distro users systemctl the easiest way to check errors is to look up the recent events in the system logs to do that type "journalctl" -Windows: Adding programs to PATH: Source: https://www.howtogeek.com/118594/how-to-edit-your-system-path-for-easy-command-line-access/ Open: Control panel -> system -> advanced system settings -> environment variables On windows 7 or 8: Set the variable name to "Path" Add the path to the program preceded by ";" ex. "...;C:\path\to\something" On windows 10: Click on "New" Enter the path to the program Retrieving the windows product key: Open a console with admin privileges Type "wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey" -Creating a systemd (systemctl) service (aka how to make a program start at boot): Guides and references: https://askubuntu.com/questions/112705/how-do-i-make-powertop-changes-permanent https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/powertop https://askubuntu.com/questions/919054/how-do-i-run-a-single-command-at-startup-using-systemd Create a file under /etc/systemd/system/ and call it .service Then follow the formatting { [Unit] Description=PowerTOP auto tune [Service] Type=idle # Not necessary Environment="TERM=dumb" # Not necessary ExecStart="PATHTOEXECUTABLE --OPTIONS" [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target } And then enable it using "systemctl whatever.service enable" # NETWORK SECTION -Gathering information on network cards ie IP, MAC, status, etc. With ifconfig, just type "ifconfig" and it will give: ether: the MAC address inet: the network ip address netmatsk: the netmask duh inet6: the network ipv6 With iwconfig (specifically for wireless cards), just type "iwconfig" and it will give: Mode: monitor or managed ESSID: the ESSID (name) of the connected network Frequency Access Point: the MAC address of the AP Signal level: the power/quality of the signal Among other informations Sites for public IP discovery and information gathering: https://www.iplocation.net/ http://www.whatsmyip.org/ -Changing the MAC address: Using macchanger: The general usage is "macchanger [OPTIONS] interface", the most common options being -A for a random MAC, -r to reset to the original one, -a to change it to a random MAC of some type (same vendor), -b to set the "locally administered" bit set to false or -m XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX to manually set the MAC address. Using ifconfig: First disable the interface using "ifconfig down" Then change the MAC address using "ifconfig hw ether 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" it has to begin with 00:* Then finally re-enable the interface with "ifconfig up" To prevent the MAC address from reverting to its original state you can configure the network manager to not scan for other networks using a random MAC address (that is done for security by many OSs and also by phones), to achieve this you have to change the conf. file for your network manager: For GNOME (kali) add { [device] wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=preserve [connection] ethernet.cloned-mac-address=preserve wifi.cloned-mac-address=preserve } to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf -Changing interfaces to monitor mode: Not mandatory but best use is to first use "airmon-ng check kill", this kills all processes that could interfere with the process and later with the attacks Using airmon-ng: Simply use "airmon-ng start " to put it in monitor mode And "airmon-ng stop " to revert it to managed NOTE: when using airmon-ng it will change the interface name by adding *mon to its name for example wlan0 becomes wlan0mon Using iwconfig (useful since first method is not always reliable): Disable interface using "ifconfig down" or "ifdown " Change to minitor mode with "iwconfig mode monitor" Re-enable interface with "ifconfig up" or "ifup " To revert it back to managed disable the interface then do "iwconfig mode managed" then re-enable the interface -Restarting network interfaces: Without ssh: Disable and re-enable the interface with "ifdown " and then "ifup " or "ifconfig down" and then "ifconfig up" On ssh: Non systemd "/etc/init.d/networking restart" Systemd (Arch) "systemctl restart NetworkManager" -Enabling IP forwarding: Arch page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Internet_sharing_(Italiano) "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" To revert it back: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"