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SSH with authorized_keys to an Ubuntu system with encrypted homedir?

I recently set up a new server with Ubuntu karmic 9.10, and when I created my home directory I chose to make it encrypted. Now, after loading my authorized_keys file into ~/.ssh, it isn't recognized ...
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PsExec "The handle is invalid"

When I try to PsExec to a remote machine using PsExec \\machine -u domain\user -p pass PsExec shows the following error message: The handle is invalid. Couldn't access machine: Completed in 0.426s ...
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Should I be worried about /bin/sync when exposing my SSHD server to the internet?

I'm preparing to expose my server to the internet and would like to be as secure as I can be. I've taken security through obscurity measures such as changing from the default port 22, I've made sure ...
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Connect to remote computer with another user account

I connected to a computer in our company LAN with an account (for example, user1). A login dialog appeared and asked me its username and password. Then, I checked a check box to remember the password. ...
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SSH into iMac from public internet

I have tried to setup Remote Login in Sharing on my iMac with Mojave. However, the IP given is 192.168.x.x on the local network. If I look up the Macs public ipv4 or ipv6 address and try to SSH to it, ...
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Basic ssh tunneling through generic linux ssh server/client

I'm use my home pc to connect to the corporate server with ssh doing something like: ssh -p 2424 [email protected] Then I log in remotely once more to another server in the corporate ...
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How do I use NFC tag, to unlock a PC, with my NFC enabled phone?

I am looking for a way to use my phone's NFC capabilities to be put in use for logging in to my laptop. The laptop does not have any NFC capability. So, I am looking for a workaround, that an NFC tag ...
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RDP hangs to newly created windows 10 vm with "Securing remote connection..."

I've got a very strange problem since a couple of days. I run a cluster of vmware esxi hosts. These machines run vms for qa testing purposes. VMs are deployed from centrally generated templates for ...
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How to connect to a mac with remote login disabled?

The screen broke on my power PC macbook and I am trying to determine ways that I can gain access to turn remote login on so that I can at least use it as a headless server. It appears there is no way ...
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Unable to SSH into other users in WSL remotely

I set-up a VPN and I can SSH into my WSL2 on Windows via any other computer, by running: ssh microsoft_account_email@ipaddress from another computer's terminal. I created other users on my WSL by ...
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How to remotely close/kill application on ms windows

I wonder is it possible to turn off/kill/close an application on ms windows xp. On linux machine I've alway login by ssh and the use shell command. How it works on windows? Is there any ssh build in ...
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Remote boot and login with mac and iPhone?

I need (free) software to login to my iMac from my iPod. TeamViewer works but the iMac puts itself to sleep. Are there any programs that can turn on my iMac remotely? Alternatively, are tere any ...
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How to Find User Name and IP address of users Logged on a Remote System

How can I find user name(of the local machine) of the last logged on user on a remote system. Is there any command or script we can use? I am able to capture IP address of the local machine of the ...
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OSX Can ping and GUI login but Unable to SSH login via LAN

I am unable to ssh via LAN using hosts admin credentials. I am able to login to a system using admin credentials via the Mac's GUI I am able to ping the Mac via LAN Sharing > Remote Login is ...
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User Login/logout accounting to enforce max session time?

I'd like to set up a home system where users (i.e., house kids) have a given max time of computer use per day/week/whatever, and after that time they're logged off. They should be able to log in and ...
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Unknown ssh login error, hangs for unknown reason

I'm trying to log into a VM instance using, but for some reason it's hanging at: $ mforde@igsb:~$ ssh -vvv -l ubuntu -i ~/.ssh/mf-half.pem 172.16.215.255 OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014 ...
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Windows 10 Linux Submodule SSH Cannot login

I need to set up a Linux submodule for a testing system which will SSH into the module and run programs over the remote shell. To do this, I'm trying to run an SSH daemon with publickey access. The ...
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transparently set up Windows 7 as remote workstation

Maybe is a very basic question, but I can't find the exact terms to Google for it and find the concrete answer to my doubt. Suppose we have several PCs in which individual employees work. One of them ...
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Win-Server 2019 login screen blank on rdp

Every now and then we have 1-2 servers at a time that don't allow remote logins. After connecting to the system via RDP (already providing login info) the login screen stays blank and doesn't log in ...
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How many ways are there to trace a user`s login and used commands in Linux after they deleted it (somehow)?

I am looking for a way to prove that my colleague at work did some changes to a configuration file while working with me on this case and now there are consequences because of his actions. I checked ...
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Using HarshiCorp Vault for Windows RDP

Is there any way I can use Vault to create a OTP for login for Windows remote desktop? Or are there any better alternatives to create an OTP as an admin and send it over to the user for login?
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How to not allow other user to interpret my remote session?

In my work sometimes i need to remotely access a user pc to do some work using the default windows remote desktop application. my problem is that when a user tries to login into his account it will ...
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Can't ssh into my Mac remotely, but can ssh into my Linux box with no trouble

I'm trying to set up my iMac so I can ssh into it remotely (from outside my home network.) I also have a Linux server which, when using the same port forwarding in my router, I can do with zero ...
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Remote Login Connection timed out

I have got two virtual machines kali rolling and security onion (linux distributions) and trying to exploit open ports of security onion from kali. Scan give me three open ports 22 (ssh), 443 (https) ...
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How to run a script on ssh login and run another script after the first terminates?

I'm trying to run a script/shell just after I login via ssh to my host with a "guestUser" the mission of this user is to connect to another remote host via ssh, I've created this user on my host: ...
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OS X SSH no route to host

I have enabled SSH on a Mac (running OS X 10.9). When the machine first turns on and I run ssh 192.168.1.2 from my remote machine I get no route to host. Subsequently, if I were to login to my Mac, ...
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Login to RDS session

As the moment, I have to log into my desktop, start mstsc, and type in the rds details to login to my rds desktop session. Is it possible to go directly into the rds session without having to load my ...
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Accessing mac mini server from win 7

I have a mac mini server with MacOSX 10.9. I want to connect to the server with my win 7 laptop in a different user. Then there will be two users working on different accounts seperately. Is that ...
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Find remote desktop gateway server

I saw in a tutorial that if we use the full computer name and the remote desktop gateway server of the work PC, we can easily get connected with it. I got my work PC's name, but could not find the ...
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