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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 Software Technical

SharePoint Document Library as a Network Drive

SharePoint can be fun if you just let it… This post applies to SharePoint 2010 as I haven’t yet to play with the features of SharePoint 2013, although I am confident the same method would apply. To map a SharePoint 2010 Document Library as a network drive you need to first copy the SharePoint document library URL. For example, I am […]

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Viewing Google Chrome’s cached web page

I recently posted a few things here on jermsmit.com and in a freak accident I rolled my server back and lost some posts. Bad system admin on my part of not having backups setup outside of the server like i use to have (more on that later). I know I have viewed the site several times and that data […]

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Windows XP WPA2-Enterprise using IEEE 802.1X

On occasions I get a question where someone is trying to connect Microsoft Windows XP to a WPA2-Enterprise level Wireless network using RADIUS authentication. First I would like inform you that in order to so this you need to be running Service Pack 2; I’d recommend you run Service Pack 3, which is the latest […]

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Remove CD-ROM from apt-get repositories

I just got my hands on the new Debian 7 DVDs and installed a fresh server install. Now up and running its time to use aptitude to install some software when I kept receiving the following message: Media change: please insert the disc labeled ‘Debian GNU/Linux 7.0.0 _Wheezy_ – Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20130504-14:44’ in the drive ‘/media/cdrom/’ […]

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Debian Wheezy Released

Hello all,. Just a reminder and a notice to those who have waited many months of development. The Debian Project has finally released #wheezy For those of you not in the know: Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. This new […]