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Default login name and password for the VMware Data Recovery appliance

The default login for Vmware Data Recovery Appliance is root and password is vmw@re .

How to mount ISO images under Linux

You must login as root user for mounting ISO image. Following are the steps for mounting ISO image. 1. Create the directory i.e. mount point: # mkdir -p /mnt/diskmount 2. Use mount command as follows for mounting ISO file called mydisk1.iso: # mount -o loop mydisk1.iso /mnt/diskmount 3. Change the directory to list file inside ISO image: # cd /mnt/diskmount # ls -l This will list all contents of ISO image.

How to Get Dell Service Tag From Linux

Dell Service Tag can be collected from Linux by using following command: dmidecode | grep -i serial Make sure this command is executed from root user.

How to Configure vsftpd for Secure Connections using OpenSSL

1. Install vsftd using RPM. [root@linux] rpm -Uvh vsftpd-2.0.1-5.EL4.3.i386.rpm 2. Now you need to generate certificate by using OpenSSL with following command: [root@linux] openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.pem -out /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.pem This will prompt for series of questions which you need to answer. Now the certificate is ready to use at /etc/vsftpd/ directory. 3. In the last step you need to modify /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and add following lines at the end of file. ssl_enable=YES allow_anon_ssl=NO force_local_data_ssl=NO force_local_logins_ssl=NO ssl_tlsv1=YES ssl_sslv2=NO ssl_sslv3=NO rsa_cert_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.pem Now restart vsftpd service for these settings to take effect. [root@linux] /etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd restart Certificate is ready to use.