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2. August 2009

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Setting Local Time on a Linux Server

I am going to show you a way that I use to set the local time on my Linux servers. It really isn't that hard either.
First, you should get NTP installed.
apt-get install ntp ntpdate
Next, just in case, make a backup of your already configured time.
mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime-backup
Then we start to go into the process of [...]

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19. July 2009

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Enabling SSH on ESXI

On the console screen press ctrl+alt+f1

Type in unsupported then press enter and then type in your root password, You should know have a console window like the one below
Run the following command
vi /etc/inetd.config
Press the i key and then use the arrow keys until you come down to the line that beings with #ssh remove # [...]

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14. July 2009

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Setting up a FTP Server on debian

Install vsftpd
apt-get install vsftpd

Edit the file /etc/vsftpd.conf and make the following changes:

Change Yes to No in the following line
Anonymous_enable = YES

Uncomment the following lines by removing the #
#local_enable = YES
#write_enable = YES
#local_umask = 022
#chroot_local_user = YES

Finally restart the vsftpd
/etc/init.d/vsftpd

You and any of your users should now be able to FTP the server

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14. July 2009

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Creating a USB bootable XP recovery console

First off all you will need to download the following zip and extract it usbrecoveryconsole.zip

Run hpusbfw.exe, Select your device, pick FAT for the file system and the enter any volume label press start and it will begin to format your drive

Copy all the files from the folder "Copy the files inside me too your flash [...]

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8. July 2009

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Nano write check before editing

Have you ever been using nano to edit a long configuration file and when you've just finished you go to save and you get "Error writing /dir/somefile: Permission denied" as you've forgotten to use sudo or switch user if so this tutorial might just be your solution. What this does is it runs a script [...]

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