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Idle terminal safe character
I'm using iTerm2 on a Mac to do Linux work. In order to avoid losing terminal connections, I turned on "When idle, sent Ascii code". The default is 0. This works like a charm to keep connections ...
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1answer
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SSH session in multiple tabs using GNU screen [closed]
I tried to connect to a remote system via SSH. After SSH, I created 2 screen sessions on the remote server listed as shown.
user@local:~# ssh -i priv_key root@remote
root@remote:~# screen -ls
There ...
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3answers
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How to detect IP of given device in same network
I have a very typical situation in which I want to connect an (android) phone to a linux notebook in the same (wifi) network using ssh. The IP's are assigned by DHCP so I know only the one of the ...
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SSH to a machine that is getting it's network connection from an Android device(Google TV)
I have a Linux(Ubuntu) machine for my HTPC. It's running XBMC and I control it via my IR remote control. I don't have a (wired) keyboard to control it. It has Wifi adaptor but it's not installed. I ...
4
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How to set up ssh server with VPN tunnel? (Policy routing for sshd service)
It's difficult to me to explain in words, so I made diagrams.
In short, I want this to work:
Basically I want to be able to connect from my laptop [A] to my desktop [B] via ssh, and run terminal ...
4
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TCP wrapper “except” option
I configured the /etc/hosts.allow at the machine 192.168.122.50 with the following option.
sshd : ALL EXCEPT 192.168.122.1
and tried ssh [email protected] from the machine 192.168.122.1 and I was ...
2
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3answers
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Wrong root shell in /etc/passwd
I wanted to change the standard shell for my root user to bash but I got the path wrong. i typed /bin/bash instead of /opt/bin/bash. Now my /etc/passwd looks like this:
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2
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4answers
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Copying files from one machine to another without asking for password
I am currently using this command. I am on another machine (ip1)
scp file.txt root@ip2:/home/praveen/test.c /home/praveen
The command will prompt for password.
I use it in some shell scripts, and ...
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3answers
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Method to check connectivity to other server
I want to check connectivity between 2 servers (i.e. if ssh will succeed).
The main idea is to check the shortest way between server-a and server-b using a list of middle servers (for example if I'm ...
3
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1answer
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I need to RDP to a server through a reverse tunnel
I have a windows PC that is on network A and a windows PC on network B. Also in network B I have several Linux servers. From the PC on network A, I can ssh to any server on network B. I cannot, ...
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How to download files from a remote Linux (Ubuntu) Server? [duplicate]
How can I download files from a remote Linux Ubuntu server? I have access to this server, but I don't know a convenient way to download a file from there using SSH (PuTTy), for example.
Any ...
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1answer
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scp stuck when trying to copy files from Linux to windows
I use the following scp syntax in order to transfer a lot of files from Linux red-hat 5 to windows machine (under Temp directory).
SSH server is already installed on windows machine. I use this line ...
3
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2answers
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how does ssh discover hostnames on the network?
We have a server on the company network named serverA, and if I type ssh serverA, it will connect my PC to this server, even though there is no entry for this server in my /etc/hosts, but I used to ...
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7answers
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Are there additional ways to protect SSH connections besides firewall and RSA Keys?
Sometimes I don't have a static IP and need to administrate my web server remotely. I'm looking for any additional layers of protection I could add to make opening port 22 safer.
Currently I have ...
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vim and tmux are conflicting. How can I fix this?
I'm having a painful experience with tmux. I'm using solarized in vim but when I run tmux then my vim configuration does not work. It's as if solarized is not configured in my .vimrc.
Out of tmux ...
