SSH Remote Access Authentication Tips

Friday, October 10th, 2008

My friend was try to setup Linux SSH public key authentication without password and he’s keep getting password prompt. I will not going to go through how to setup SSH public key authentication here and I just would like to share few troubleshoot tips in order to fix the similar problem here:
1. Checking /var/log/messages file
Basically [...]

Set a Good Password Policy On SuSE Linux

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Sometimes setting a good password policy is not easy and you may receive many complaint from end user especially non-IT related users. Normally they like password = password = abc123 as easy as possible.
Personally I don’t like pam_cracklib and I would preferred pam_passwdqc.
The pam_passwdqc module is a simple password strength checking module for PAM. In [...]

How To Check Which Port Is Listern or Open on Linux

Friday, September 12th, 2008

For some security reason you may configure SSH or any other protocol using different kind of port number on Linux server. Sometimes it’s important to know which ports are actually listern or open to the system network, it may open for network instruction or hacking.
Basically there are few methods to see which ports are [...]

How To Force User Change Password At Next Login on Linux

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

My previous post talked about How To Show Linux User Password Expires. I would like to share “How to force user change password at next login on Linux“.
Option 1:
passwd command - change user password
Use the following syntax:
passwd -e

-e Force the user to [...]

Why Google Chrome not support Linux or Mac yet

Friday, September 5th, 2008

As you know Google Chrome browser was launched few day back. According to Google, Google Chrome is a open source browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier and only available for Windows XP and Vista.
Why? Why Google Chrome not support Linux or Mac yet? [...]