This post describes how you can download and install the latest version of VMware Tools to a linux guest from a ESXi 5.0 host. You need SSH access rights to a VMware host to follow this guide. Allow SSH access to the VMware host you are about to access. This can be done in the [...]
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HowTo use lftp as a sftp client
lftp is a file transfer program that allows sophisticated ftp, http and other connections to other hosts. If site is specified then lftp will connect to that site otherwise a connection has to be established with the open command. Basic usage lftp sftp://[domain name] lftp sftp://example.com Use a different user name than the one you [...]
Cold backup for the Open Source Edition of Zimbra
Today I’ve setup a cold backup routine to backup my Zimba installation running on my Debian (Etch) 4.0 server that is in full production now for my private domains. This is a slightly modified backup script for the Open Source Edition of Zimbra from the Zimbra Wiki. Please note that the script does a full [...]
SFTP in batch mode
This post describes how you use sftp in batch mode. If you don’t want to type in your password read my SSH without a password post. Create a file named myCommands.sftp that contains the commands you want to run. My file looks like this # Change to your desired directory locally lcd /data/Hattori # Change [...]
Deny SSH- but allow SFTP access
This is an alternative way of limiting the SSH access to only SFTP explained in my How to restrict users to SFTP only instead of SSH post. Edit your /etc/sshd_config file and change your settings like this Match User username AllowTcpForwarding no X11Forwarding no ForceCommand /usr/libexec/sftp-server -l INFO Replace username with the user name you [...]
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