This article describes how to monitor your system for unauthorized user access. There are two main steps: Enabling security auditing and viewing the security logs. Note that different systems have different security needs, and the security topic is complex. Any user who sets up security audits on your system must be assigned to administrative groups [...]

In order to view the log of a Cisco router we have to enable logging. This is done using the following command global configuration command: logging buffered To view the log on the router we use the following command: show log

here are several ways of knowing the last logged in users from your box. most of them shows similar details like username, date stamp, hostname, ip address and the like: Individually issuing them as root : #last -a #lastb -a #lastb username #lastb #lastb username #lastlog So, who is currently logged in? #who #who -a [...]

ln -s [TARGET DIRECTORY OR FILE] ./[SHORTCUT] For example: ln -s /usr/local/apache/logs ./logs This points a symbolic link “./logs” to “/usr/local/apache/logs”

SSH login without passwordYou want to use Linux and OpenSSH to automize your tasks. Therefore you need an automatic login from host A / user b to Host B / user b. You don’t want to enter any passwords, because you want to call ssh from a within a shell script. How to do it [...]

This document assumes working knowledge of the Windows Registry. It is possible to render your computer useless by incorrectly modifying the Registry. Caution is advised… Settings pertaining to Windows NT will say Win NT. All others refer to Win9x 1.    Remove unwanted items from Control Panel | Add/Remove programs 2.    Changing Icons for Desktop Items [...]

Change the default application install path Change the default Win2000 install path A warmer welcome Tell Win2000 where to find the service pack files Remove Unwanted programs from Add/Remove Programs Open My Computer icon in Explorer view Keep the Print Spooler service from displaying dialog boxes Stop Print Job Logging in the Event Log Disable [...]

Setting up a repository: svnadmin create /usr/local/svn/newrepos Import files into repository: svn import /import/dir file:///usr/local/svn/newrepos/projectname -m “comment” List files in a repository tree: svn list file:///usr/local/svn/newrepos/projectname svn ls #while in sandbox svn ls -v # verbose Checkout a directory: svn checkout “http://host:port/path” svn co http://host:port/path svn checkout file:///path/to/repos svn checkout file:///localhost/path/to/repos svn checkout svn+ssh://host/path/to/repos Check [...]

Hfnetchk.exe – Is a utility from Microsoft that checks Windows NT, 2000, and XP Computers (workstations and servers) for missing security fixes.  It is a command line utility that is run from a command prompt.  For a full description of Hfnetchk see the MS links below. Note: A company called Shavlik Technologies is the company [...]

Basic steps: – Install OS (WinNT or 2000) on your Master build PC – Install Apps and configure PC – Run Sysprep (with the optional sysprep.inf file). You run Sysprep from a command line. – Shut down the PC – Run your PC imaging software (usually from a bootable disk) to create a disk image. [...]

What are Group Policies? Group Policies are settings that can be applied to Windows computers, users or both.  In Windows 2000 there are hundreds of Group Policy settings. Group Policies are usually used to lock down some aspect of a PC.  Whether you don’t want users to run Windows Update or change their Display Settings, [...]