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# LHB Linux Digest #26.18: F for follow, Self-hosted Analytics, SSH Vulnerability and More
- URL: https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/26-18/
- Published: 2026-11-13T12:58:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-13T12:58:18.000Z
- Description: F is for follow... for following files and logs in real time.
- Author: Abhishek Prakash
- Tags: Newsletter

tail -f is the most common way to [follow log files in real time](https://linuxhandbook.com/watch-logs-real-time/). Sure, there are other ways, but tail remains the most popular of them all.

It works on the plain text log. If you want to [check the journal log files in real time](https://linuxhandbook.com/tail-journalctl-logs/), you use the same f for follow:

```
journalctl -f
```

Not just journalctl, docker logging has similar -f option for [following logs from a docker container](https://linuxhandbook.com/docker-logging/#viewing-docker-logs-in-real-time-on-a-live-container):

```
docker logs -f container_name_or_ID
```

I wonder what other commands have "f for follow" feature. 

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```
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```

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## 📰 Linux news that matters

- [Threat actors are increasingly deploying the open-source GSocket tool](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-plant-gsocket-on-linux-servers-for-persistent-access/?ref=linuxhandbook.com) alongside cron jobs, systemd services, and the "Dirty Frag" kernel exploit (CVE-2026-43284) to maintain persistent, firewall-bypassing access on compromised Linux web servers through outbound encrypted relay tunnels.
- [A critical flaw in Apache HTTP Server](https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/critical-apache-http2-flaw-could-let.html?ref=linuxhandbook.com) allows remote attackers to take control of affected servers without logging in, prompting administrators to install a newly released security update or turn off HTTP/2 support.
- [Amazon Web Services has released a free, open-source tool](https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/11/amazons-open-source-aws-emulator-lets-developers-validate-their-code-locally-without-the-cloud/?ref=linuxhandbook.com) built entirely by AI agents that lets developers run and test cloud applications locally on their own machines without connecting to the live cloud.
- [Asahi Linux is moving all of its code repositories](https://itsfoss.com/news/asahi-linux-drops-mit-for-gpl/?ref=linuxhandbook.com) from the permissive MIT license to GPL v2 or later after bad actors copied unreleased code from developer forks and rewrote it using AI tools to hide its origin.
- [OpenAI unveiled a security research pipeline](https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/openai-ai-pipeline-generates-948-linux.html?ref=linuxhandbook.com) that identified thousands of Linux kernel security findings, reproduced 1,724 vulnerabilities, and generated 948 local privilege-escalation exploits along with candidate patches for maintainer review.
- [Microsoft is bringing a native version of Autoruns to Linux](https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-finally-bringing-two-popular-sysinternals-tools-to-linux-and-macos/?ref=linuxhandbook.com) and releasing the first macOS port of Process Explorer. The company also announced updates to several existing non-Windows Sysinternals utilities, including Sysmon, Procmon, ProcDump for Linux, and ZoomIt for macOS.
- [A newly disclosed OpenSSH flaw dubbed "\*sshole"](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openssh-flaw-lets-attackers-log-into-password-disabled-linux-accounts/?ref=linuxhandbook.com) can allow logins to certain password-disabled accounts on musl-based Linux systems, including Alpine Linux, under specific configurations.
- [Andrija Panić has released OpenVDDK](https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/11/03/architect-creates-open-source-replacement-for-vm-migration-tool-vmware-has-hidden/5307124?ref=linuxhandbook.com), an open-source replacement for VMware's VDDK library after VMware restricted access to the original tool's downloads.

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