Troubleshooting

Hi guys, I made a mistake. In my frustration trying to debug my C program, I inadvertently deleted all the files within my /usr/include folder. I didn’t realize at the time that this was a very important folder! As explained here, it stores the Linux kernel’s libc header files! Rookie mistake, but luckily for us, there’s ways to fix it. If your /usr/include folder is also looking more empty than the shelves during COVID, I come bearing the solution....

If your VPN log looks something like this: I’m here to help. During my time working through the PEN-200 labs, I’ve faced the constant struggle of losing connection to the host every few minutes to seconds. I tried to troubleshoot this “Inactivity Timeout” error with an Offsec employee for 3 hours to no avail. Finally, I figured out the solution and I am here to share it with those of you who have the same struggle....