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How to allow the root user to login to VMware ESX Server with SSH

March 13th, 2008 . by Ali

To allow the root user to login to a VMware ESX Server over the network using SSH, do the following

Go to the service console on the physical server & login

1.vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
2.Change the line that says PermitRootLogin from “no” to “yes”
3.service sshd restart

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Free Windows Live Messenger Invites!!

September 23rd, 2006 . by Ali

Yes I have some MSN Messenger Live invites to give out.

Want one?

Its easy, just leave a comment and explain why you prefer Windows over Unix.

I will pick the best replies and mail the invites out.

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Free INSTANT MSN Live Messenger Invite !!!!

September 22nd, 2006 . by Ali

No competitions, no quizzes, no waiting !…

Click here for your INSTANT free MSN messenger Live Invite !!

Enjoy :-)

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Are there any registry keys or files that the account specified for a performance alert requires?

March 2nd, 2006 . by Ali

When you create a performance alert, by default it runs as the Network Service account. However, you can specify a different account for its execution. If you specify another account, ensure that the named account has the following rights:

* Read access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib
* Full Access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SysmonLog and its subkeys
* Read access to the files %windir%\system32\PERFC*.dat and %windir%\system32\PERFH*.dat

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What’s a rootkit, and how can I check for rootkits installed on my machine?

December 10th, 2005 . by Ali

A rootkit is a term used to describe mechanisms that allow malware such as viruses and spyware to hide their existence from tools that are designed to eradicate them. Rootkits commonly open back doors to systems so that malicious intruders can access the system with administrative credentials or intruders use them on the machine to maintain their access. See here for more information about rootkits.

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Why do 10 million people play World Of Warcraft ?

July 30th, 2005 . by Ali

An excellent article on lesessais.com about the issues dealt with people trying to quit this game:

Here. Bear with me. Let me describe an emotional state, and you come up with the cause. First, emptiness. Emptiness like hunger, ravenous hunger; emptiness like the blackness that descends behind closed eyelids at the crepuscule before sleep; emptiness as need; emptiness as blind desire; emptiness visualized as a gaping hole where the heart once held court. Then, regret. Regret for loss, regret that the emptiness exists, regret that the memory of what once filled the hole—the heart, now, the heart, remember—lies dead and dies more each and every passing day; regret that the knowledge of what other people do to fill up their life has been lost along countless missteps and misspent hours trying to find the path on which you once, as a child, so deftly picked your way; regret that something is gone and has left an emptiness as deep as the blackest reaches of outer space. Anger, next. Anger that emptiness is remembered with regret; anger at the witless world that allowed such a gain that could become a loss that could be defined as emptiness with vast regret; anger that you, who once were so strong, so supple, so springboard-ready to bounce back to a mean emotional state, a psychical purpose, can see yourself suffering and maundering over the black heart, its regretful state, and your pointless rage. Despair, finally, that you will ever be another way.

Love, you say? If you did, and I hope you did, then you got it right, at least in purpose and point of origin, for though it smacks of the lovelorn puppy dog ministrations of a mooney-eyed lover, the emotional state I described was of an addict’s absence of soul, of spirit, of the will to experience. Which is to say, they are not all that different.

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Import / Export IP Settings Using Netsh

July 22nd, 2005 . by Ali

To quickly export your IP (inc dns / wins) settings to a text file, use the following command:

netsh -c interface dump > c:\work-net.txt

When you connect to another LAN

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How can I send an email message from within a VBScript script?

June 17th, 2005 . by Ali

If you have Microsoft IIS with SMTP installed on a server, you can use the following code to send a basic email message from within a script:

Set objMessage = CreateObject(”CDO.Message”)
objMessage.Subject = “Subject”
objMessage.Sender = “ali@alibutt.com”
objMessage.To = “you@yourself.com”
objMessage.TextBody = “test mail”
objMessage.Send

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