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SSH into ESXi 5 host using public key authentication

I do this with my other linux host over here @ jermsmit.com so why not with my ESXi 5 hosts. Using OpenSSH Public Key Authentication on ESXi 5 required a few things. You need to enable SSH You need an SSH client (I use putty) If you already have a authorized_keys file handy use it or make […]

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How-To Personal

Attach and Reattach to screen session

While using ssh to connect to my home systems to mange my servers (such as Minecraft) I use screen to keep my session(s) open so that if I get disconnected or simply forget and close my putty session I can later resume.  I sometimes find myself in the situation where I go home and later want […]

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How-To Software Technical

“Permissions are too open”

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it. – Theodore Roosevelt You are attempting to automate your ssh session to a remote system using keys and you get the following “Permissions are too open” message. The problem is, that […]

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Unsupported Console and SSH on ESXi 4

I haven done this in a long time and took a short while to remember.  So I said why not list the steps here alt-f1 (Note:  you will not see your typing on this screen). unsupported root pw (password) vi /etc/inetd.conf delete the “#” from ssh for the IPv4 and IPv6 (If your using it) services.sh […]

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How to change your host-name in CentOS

I knew how to do this in Ubuntu but doesn’t see to be the same in CentOS. Here are the steps Login via the console or SSH in Goto /etc/sysconfig/ Type nano network Change the HOSTNAME to your preferred servername Press CTRL X > Y > Enter Log off or reboot There may be other […]

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How do you ssh into a Linux

I know there is one person out there that may not know this, so I will share. You you ask, how does one log into a remote Linux (UNIX) system using SSH.  Well the answer is simple. If you are on a Linux (UNIX) system, open your terminal and use the following command: ssh userid@server-ip (1.2.3.4) […]