If Ubuntu server is installed anew, users tend to have a dilemma as to the steps involved in gaining access to the root account.
Root account exists but the password is not empty though.
The user should log in with the account he/she creates during the installation process.
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A quick note on the links related where to find the ubuntu releases and how to do a checksum to ensure that the downloaded copy
If you are downloading Ubuntu from the official site, MD5/SHA1 checksum (ubuntu hashes) for latest releases may not be listed there.
If it is not there, you can visit the site http://releases.ubuntu.com/. This site lists a comprehensive list of ubuntu releases and their checksums. Checksums ensure that the download is complete without corruption and is 100% accurate. So, it is always advisable to do a checksum after each download.
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Configuring server host to respond to nagios host (monitor remote services) – CentOS
Download nagios plugin and nagios-nrpe plugin in the server host (client that talks with nagios host) from nagios website. The files comes as .tar files and you need to configure them for their use. Move the files to /usr/src (more…)
How to install SMTP server on Ubuntu?
Making your Ubuntu server deliver email to external world is a two step simple process.
Step 1:
sudo apt-get install postfix
The above command is the first step in the process of setting the mail server.
Step 2:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix
This step involves further SMTP configuration which involves setting up the mail server information and how it communicates with the external world. Depending on the needs you could play with the settings.
Further articles to continue, regarding how you could exploit further on this topic.
Linux UBUNTU .htaccess Password Protect
In Ubuntu server, .htaccess file access is disabled by default. Apache suggests in general that .htaccess be disabled if the users have access to the server’s configuration files.
There may be cases when users do not have access to Apache’s configuration setting files or some acute cases where users run multiple applications which might need different access controls at private and public levels. (more…)
Ubuntu user account creation, root privilege assignment tips
After you login as a user in Ubuntu machine, you can go to the root account by typing
user@myhost:~# sudo -s
It will ask for the password of the current user and once you finish typing in the password, you are in the root user account. (more…)
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