Network Solution for Windows – Windows system, Linux system, Ubuntu server configuration tip

This short howto will show how to disable a user account under linux. This might be useful in the situation where you don’t want to permanently remove the user, but you just want it disabled and no longer able to use the system. The user will still receive emails for example, but he will not be able to login and check them out. Modern linux systems use ...

Many people want to have their OpenVPN connection automatically start up and log in when they boot up their computer. Although there is no direct option in OpenVPN for Windows to accomplish it, it can be done. The first step is to launch OpenVPN with a configuration attached so that it can connect to a server. The following launch string is needed for either method: For 32 bit Windows - C:\Program ...

Sometimes, when troubleshooting OpenVPN installation or connectivity issues, it is beneficial to disable the UAC to eliminate the factor of permissions problems being the problem. By doing this, one can determine if the issues are permissions related or not. Enter 'UAC' in the Search Box Double-click on 'Turn User Account Control on or off' Double-click on 'Click to open User Accounts' Double-click on 'Go to main User Account page' Double-click on 'Make ...

On occasion, the installation of OpenVPN goes wrong or some other factor prevents proper installation or function. In the majority of cases, both installation and connection errors are due to not having proper Windows 7 system permissions set. One way to prove that the problems are permission related is to disable the UAC (User Account Control). Disabling the UAC removes all the permission requirements the program need to run and connect with. If everything works ...

When installing latest CentOS version 5.5 you will notice that when you install PHP, the latest version you are getting is version 5.1. In order to add the latest CentOS version of PHP which is 5.2.10 is to enable CentOS 5 Testing Repositories. How To: 1. vi /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Testing.repo # CentOS-Testing: # !!!! CAUTION !!!! # This repository is a proving grounds for packages on their way to CentOSPlus and CentOS Extras. # They may or may not replace core CentOS packages, and are ...

In this article we will see an effective way of fixing the Linux deprecated pam_stack module error for pam.d. If you access your /var/log/secure log file you might notice different services including sshd with the following error: Deprecated pam_stack module called from service “sshd”. The workaround of this is simple Edit /etc/pam.d/sshd Uncomment #auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth #account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth #password required ...

In OpenVPN installation the ability to read auth passwords from a file using –askpass and –auth-user-pass is disabled by default. Trying to read an auth password from a file without password save enabled will result in the following error: “Sorry, ‘Auth’ password cannot be read from a file” In order to enable we have to compile with –enable-password-save switch 1) ./configure –enable-password-save 2) make 3) make install For OpenVPN Autologin we need to create an auth password file and put the ...