configure SSH for two factor authentication

In this article will show you how to setup and configure SSH for two factor authentication under Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora and Ubuntu, Installing Google Authenticator Module Open the server/system that you want to setup two factor authentication and install following PAM libraries along with development libraries that...
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How to lock and unlock user on linux system

This article will help to lock and unlock user on linux system root@server [~]#passwd -l gthomas Locking password for user gthomas. passwd: Success root@server [~]# grep user /etc/shadow gthomas:!!$1$YKoF7EbU$zXqSSlKelclFLn0LDR/YM0:16063:0:99999:7::: root@server [~]#passwd -u gthomas Unlocking password for user gthomas. passwd: Success root@server [~]#grep gthomas /etc/shadow gthomas:$1$YKoF7EbU$zXqSSlKelclFLn0LDR/YM0:16063:0:99999:7:::
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MRTG Installation on Centos

The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is a tool to monitor the traffic load on network-links. MRTG generates HTML pages containing PNG images which provide a LIVE visual representation of this traffic. You need the following packages: net-snmp and net-snmp-utils : SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a...
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