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Linux : How to Disable Direct Root Logins

Allowing the root user to login directly is a major security issue, we’ll show you how to disable it so you can still login as root but just not directly, reducing the security issue.

This will force a hacker to have to guess 2 seperate passwords to gain root access.
(you do have 2 seperate passwords for [...]

VMware : The new feature of VMware workstation 7

ThinPrint – Support for virtual printing allows you to print from virtual machines without mapping network printers or installing printer drivers in the virtual machine. If virtual printing is enabled in the virtual machine setting, all of the printers installed on the host operating system are available in the guest operating system.

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Install VMWare Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 9.10

Install VMWare Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 9.10
I was able to get everything installed by skipping the installation of the modules on the inital install. Then when I tried to open the application it installed the modules without any more problems.

Seems for at least Ubuntu 9.10 the fix ??

# chmod +x VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.x86_64.bundle
# export VMWARE_SKIP_MODULES=true
#./ VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.x86_64.bundle

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How to uninstall Vmware workstion.bundle ?

I want to uninstall the Vmware workstation on my laptop .

Oprating System : Ubuntu 9.04 -64bit ..

Just following the comments …

kartook@moon:~$ vmware-installer -l
Product Name Product Version
====================== ====================
vmware-workstation 7.0.0.203739

kartook@moon:~$ sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation 7.0.0.203739
[sudo] password for kartook:
kartook@moon:~$

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How To Convert VMWare Image (.vmdk) to VirtualBox Image (.vdi)

We need an addition command-line tool called qemu.

sudo aptitude install qemu

You’ll new be able to convert a .vmdk (VMware image) to a .bin format, which can then be converted to a Virtualbox native .vdi format.

qemu-img convert /path/to/original.vmdk converted.bin

You’ll then need to use the VBoxManage utility that comes with Virtualbox to convert the .bin to a [...]

Thin client:PocketCloud iPhone app fro VMware

Thin client developemtent released this week their PocketCloud iPhone app. You might wonder how can I run a large desktop on just a small iPhone screen, with no styles but just your big finger, well thin-client development guys really did solve this challange with their application. During VMworld the app is on sale for $19.99 [...]

VMware : 4 Screen Virtual Desktop Demo using PCoIP

Next generation display protocol PCoIP.

So what is PCoIP :

PC-over-IP technology allows enterprise PCs and workstations to be centrally managed in a data center while providing high resolution, full frame rate 3D graphics and HD media, with full USB peripheral interoperability, locally over a LAN or remotely over a high-latency WAN.

PC-over-IP is an innovative display protocol [...]

Hacking the ESX 3i Server Root Password

Hacking the ESX 3i Server Root Password
In case you every are called in to manage an ESX 3i server, but nobody know the root password, here an easy way to ‘fix’ this challange.

Again when the ESX 3i server boots and is on the main boot loader screen, hit shift-O
In the advanced option line type in:

passwdReset=”TRUE”

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VMware ESX :How to Redeem License Activation Codes

How to Redeem License Activation Codes:

When you purchase your VMware products and features, your purchases are consolidated into a single order and you receive a single License Activation Code (LAC) for all products you ordered. You need to use the VMware web-based license activation portal to redeem your LAC and create license files that you [...]

How to allow login to VMware ESX Server with SSH ?

I was facing a problem to login the ESX through winSCP client then i found the solution ..

Go to the service console on the physical server & login
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Change the line that says PermitRootLogin from “no” to “yes”
do service sshd restart

And my problem was solved…

I don’t have any problems with SFTP or SCP using WinSCP [...]

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