Tag Archives for security

Lack of .Xauthority

Have you ever had an issue with running X clients on a firewall protected host where you can’t login directly as the user?  I happens more often than you might think. Here’s an example: You are user “A” on “hostA”, … Continue reading

09. January 2009 by Jason
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Setting up stronger password policy rules in Linux – Part II

In a previous post we discussed how to setup stronger password policy rules in Linux and found out that any changes we make are not reflected back to existing accounts. So how do we make these changes retroactively apply to … Continue reading

31. December 2008 by Jason
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Setting up stronger password policy rules in Linux

Increased password security is no longer an optional item in setting up a secure system.  Many external organizations (such as PCI) are now mandating security policies that can have a direct effect on your systems.  By default, the account and … Continue reading

21. December 2008 by Jason
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