workstations

How to create a policy and assign it to specific users in Websense

Create your own policies to apply different levels of Internet filtering to different clients (users or machines) in your network. You can create as many policies as you need to customize filtering for your organization. To create a policy in Websense Manager: Right-click in the navigation tree, and then select Add Policy. Enter a name (1-25 [...]

How to Install and Configure Diskless Clients using NFS and PXE in Centos

This guide will help you setup an NFS server to dish out diskless clients on your network. This is useful if you want to bring up workstations quickly, without the hassle of hard drives, and or worrying about multiple installations along the way. Some of the commands are from the official Red Hat Docs. This guide [...]

How to Install VNC on Centos

VNC is used to display an X windows session running on another computer. Unlike a remote X connection, the xserver is running on the remote computer, not on your local workstation. Your workstation ( Linux or Windows ) is only displaying a copy of the display ( real or virtual ) that is running on [...]

How to backup the configuration file on the PIX Firewall

It is a recommended practice to backup the configuration of the PIX Firewall for use in emergencies or for disaster recovery. But, the PIX does not support an external Flash card. The internal Flash does not support the backup of the configuration file. The configuration file must be saved externally The PIX configuration file can [...]

Essential Linux Server Administrator Commands

Command Summary Use arp Command mostly used for checking existing Ethernet connectivity and IP address Most common use: arp This command should be used in conjunction with the ifconfig and route commands. It is mostly useful for me to check a network card and get the IP address quick. Obviously there are many more parameters, [...]

How to install and configure Network File System (NFS) in Ubuntu

NFS allows a system to share directories and files with others over a network. By using NFS, users and programs can access files on remote systems almost as if they were local files. Some of the most notable benefits that NFS can provide are: Local workstations use less disk space because commonly used data can [...]