'Ping: sendmsg: Operation not Permitted' Error Solution in Linux

Written by: Pranshu Bajpai | Find Pranshu on Google+ And LinkedIn

This is a simple error that you receive while trying to ping another machine. The solution is simple enough but it might take a while if you don't know the cause.

In my case, the reason behind the failure was the firewall which was blocking ping packets.

Torrents in Kali Linux - Best Torrent Client to Use in Kali Linux / BackTrack [Screenshot Included]

Written by: Pranshu Bajpai | Find Pranshu on Google+ And LinkedIn

I tried the following client for downloading torrents in Kali Linux and it worked really well. Nice light-weight application with no bells and whistles. It's called Transmission.

            #apt-get install transmission

Here's a screenshot:

Do not use TOR (onion router) to download torrents (if torrents are blocked on your network). TOR is for anonymous web surfing purpose only. Their servers are not able to handle the massive traffic generated by peer to peer networks.

Disclaimer: I do not endorse downloading copyrighted files for free using peer to peer networks. This post was made only to demonstrate a peer to peer client for Linux.

How to Delete stuff using the 'del' key in Kali / Debian / Gnome | Solution | Del key not working

Written by: Pranshu Bajpai | Find Pranshu on Google+ And LinkedIn

If you press 'del' key in Kali Linux, nothing happens. You are supposed to press 'crtl + del'. If however you want to change this, type:

# dconf-editor

In dconf-editor, go to: org -> gnome -> desktop -> interface
Enable “can-change-accels”

Now go to places -> Home -> Select any file/folder -> Edit -> Hover mouse over 'Move to trash' -> while hovering press 'del' key twice. (Pressing del once will clear the value and pressing it again will assign the key as required).

Now go back to dconf-editor and uncheck “can-change-accels”.

List Of Best Programming Code Highlighters or Beautifiers

In case you were wondering what I do for Highlighting Code, I have used the following:

Mark Up

Quick Highlighter

To HTML
Syntax Highlighter

Pretty Printer

Geshi - (A client-side php Script)