I had this issue where I could not install anything new in my Ubuntu server. After some searching I come to lean that the packages cache seemed to be corrupted # symptom is something such as this root@media:~# apt-get update root@media:~# apt-get install htop Reading package lists… Done Segmentation faulty tree… 50% # and this […]
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This is a little short on how to install the ESX VMWare Tools on Ubuntu Server If you are not running as the ‘root’ user you will need to change into super user Lets start — # if not running as ‘root’ change into super user sudo su # update your sources apt-get update […]
Truth: day-to-day tasks suck To automate SSH login, do the following: 1. Run PuTTYgen. 2. Select SSH-2 DSA as the Type of Key to generate. 3. Click generate and move your mouse around to generate randomness. 4. Click “Save Private Key” and save it somewhere on your computer. 5. Copy the entire content inside the […]
Capturing with tcpdump There are occasions when you want to capture packets using tcpdump rather than wireshark, especially when you want to do a remote capture. Please note that the default tcpdump parameters result in a capture file where each packet is truncated, because most versions of tcpdump, will, by default, only capture the first […]
A quick pffffft: The Problem Step Recorder (PSR) is a little known feature of Windows 7 which allows you to record your desktop along with applications and activities so you can later show someone such as a tech support person or even give a demo on how to use something in Windows. This is very […]
The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 provides storage (disks) over a TCP/IP network. It turns a computer running Windows Server into a storage device which provides shared block storage. You can use Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 to perform a variety of storage-related tasks, including the following: Provide shared storage for Hyper-V to enable high […]