Remote System
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Network services top on Asian firms' minds
News New IDC study shows seven in 10 IT heads say services around the network, and business continuity and recovery, are important to their organizations.
Tags: Services, Business Strategies & Functions, IT Governance, Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Networking, SMB, Security, SOA, IT Services
Compaq Deskpro Workstation 300
Reviews This is a powerful workstation, but designs based on existing CPUs deliver comparable performance with today's software.
A better VNC with FreeNX for remote desktop control
Techguide Learn about FreeNX, a new remote desktop control for Linux, that offers more speed and security.
Use SCP for quick, secure file transfers
Techguide When you need to securely transfer a single file, SCP may be the ideal tool.
Tags: Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Directory, SCP, User@, Computer, network, File, OpenSSH
Secure remote firewall administration via SSH
Techguide Using Web-based component to configure firewalls may not be secure. Vincent Danen highlights another way.
Tags: Open source, Firewalls, Security Management, Authentication, TCP, Linksys Inc., network, firewall configuration, SSH, Web Browser
Manage local group policy on Server 2008 Core Edition
Techguide In situations where you need to access group policy on Windows Server 2008 Core Edition, they usually can be addressed by a domain group policy configuration. Here's how to get it done.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows Firewall, IP, IP Address, Rick Vanover, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, group policy, Microsoft Windows Server
Manage multiple systems with Parallel SSH
Techguide For a user caring for multiple systems, OpenSSH is extremely useful, but being able to execute OpenSSH commands in parallel is even more so.
Tags: Open source, Remote management, Command, Host, OpenSSH, SSH, Database, Tool, database backup, Pssh
Remotely monitor servers with the Nagios check_by_ssh plugin
Techguide If you are using Nagios to monitor remote servers, you have more than one method to execute checks including the use of the check_by_ssh plugin.
Tags: Open source, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Infrastructure/architecture management, C, Plug-in, SSH, Passphrase, Password, remote site, Nagios
A look at Ubuntu Upstart
Techguide Ubuntu's Upstart system is an event-based replacement for SysV init that handles the starting of tasks and services during boot.
Tags: Linux, Networking, Fedora Project, Apple Mac OS X, Ubuntu, FC10, Service, Fedora Core, Grep, Vincent Danen
Master Vim basics and power user tips
Techguide Vincent Danen, who has used vim for a number of years, says he picked up new things and seriously tweaked his vim configuration after reading "Hacking Vim" by Kim Schulz.
Tags: Open source, Red Hat Inc., Chapter, hacking, Vincent Danen, remote system, spell checker, Perl, text editor, font
Enable the Windows Server Backup feature
Techguide Windows Server 2008 replaces NTBackup with a new tool called Windows Server Backup. Be prepared for a learning curve.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Backup, NTBackup, Tool, Microsoft TechNet, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server
Go fish with the Konqueror file browser
Techguide Learn to use the kioslave protocol handler called Fish that allows you to access remote filesystems within the Konqueror file browser.
Manage systems remotely with the Computer Management console
Insight Don't let a little distance prevent you from providing great support. Find out how Windows 2000's Computer Management console can connect you to any workstation on your network.
Setting up a reverse SSH tunnel
Techguide Learn to forward a port on a remote machine to a local machine while initiating the SSH tunnel from the local machine.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Open source
File transfers with SCP and SFTP
Techguide If you need a more secure alternative to file transfers than FTP or RSYNC, Vincent Danen shows you two programs that use SSH.
