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In another post, I explained how to disable root ssh login and allow regular users to login to the ESXi. It is also possible to selectively allow SSH for a particular set of users. Create the security map We need to create a map file to specify how to authenticate (or deny) users. . . . → Read More: Selectively allow SSH for users in VMware ESXi The default configuration in VMware ESXi 4.1 allows ssh login only for root. On the other hand, preventing root ssh login is part of any OS hardening checklist. In this article, I will explain how to access an ESXi server with non-root users and how to prevent root ssh login. I’ll show how . . . → Read More: SSH with non-root users in VMware ESXi By default, the “ssh” command does not exist in ESXi 4.1. To create it, login as root and execute the following command: ln -s /sbin/dropbearmulti /bin/ssh Now you have the ssh client available from the command line. This is kind of a reminder for myself because I never remember this when I need it To change the keyboard layout (e.g. to Spanish) in the Linux command line, type the following command: # loadkey es That’s all! Recently, the guys at Planet Sugar asked me to add a hackergotchi. After finding out what a hackergotchi is, I created my own. Here’s how I did it using GIMP in Ubuntu. This guide is based on this article, with some additional explanations for GIMP newbies (like me). Step by step guide 1) . . . → Read More: Hackergotchi howto Recently, I had to login as the local Administrator in a MS Windows 2008 server. Guess what: nobody knew the local Administrator password. This happens pretty often when a MS Windows host is part of a Windows domain because administrators usually login as the domain Administrator and rarely use the local admin user. . . . → Read More: MS Windows 2008 password recovery Sometimes, a good post may raise your blog popularity and you may experience some hundreds of hit rates. From those hundreds of Internet users, dozens of them may find the information they were looking for, which will surely make them happy. Some of these happy people will also be grateful and may want . . . → Read More: PayPal donations in WordPress CeibalJAM! has been awarded in the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica 2010 with an Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category. To have an idea of the relevance of this award, I can only say that the movie Avatar got the same award in the “Computer Animation / Film / VFX” category. . . . → Read More: CeibalJAM! awarded in Prix Ars Electronica 2010 How many passwords and user names do you need to remember? PasswordSafe is a great piece of software that allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single “Master Password” of your choice in . . . → Read More: PasswordSafe in Ubuntu 10.04 Linux 64 bits There are two main problems with Java applets in the OLPC XO laptops: Java is not shipped in the default image and the Browse activity has some problems to cope with the Java plugin. These problems prevent regular XO users to use Java applets. In this post, I will explain how to use . . . → Read More: Java applets in the OLPC XO laptop |
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