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Configuring LDAP Clients

Install Needed Packages We need to install the following packages on our LDAP server apt-get install libnss-ldap libpam-ldap nscd LDAP Account for root: cn=admin,dc=home,dc=local Password: your-ldap-admin-password Make local root database admin: yes Database require logging in: No Root login account: cn=admin,dc=home,dc=local Root login password: your-ldap-admin-password

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How to setup a LDAP Server

Installation We need to install the ldap packages apt-get install slapd ldap-utils migrationtools Answer the questions and then use dpkg to reconfigure slapd for more options dpkg-reconfigure slapd Omit OpenLDAP server configuration? ... No DNS domain name: ... home.local Name of your organization: ... home Admin Password: some-really-strong-password Confirm Password: some-really-strong-password OK BDB Do you [...]

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Passwordless SSH login using SSH Keys

SSH keys allow you to login without requiring you to type in your password this tutorial will teach you how to set them up First we need to create the key ssh-keygen -t rsa Then we need to move it over to the machine that we want to be able to login too without the [...]

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Speeding Up Windows XP

Disable unneeded window effects Right click on my computer and select properties Click on the advanced tab and click on settings under Performance Check Adjust for best performanceIf you would like to keep themes enabled just scroll down and check Use visual styles on windows and buttons Disabling Startup Items You can disable auto starting [...]

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Installing Vmware Server on Arch Linux

In this tutorial we will be showing you how to install vmware server 2.0.1 on arch linux using kernel 2.6.30 before we begin you will need the tar.gz version of vmware server it can be freely downloaded from here We need to create some folders to store the vmware scripts so run the following as [...]

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