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Guests are users of a system that do not have their own identity in that system and have less privileges than a normal user.

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KVM Guest not powering back on

I have recently setup a homelab with a KVM hypervisor: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.3.x86_64 libvirt-1.2.17-13.el7_2.4.x86_64 I have almost everything working the way I want it (networking/vnc), but there is something that I cannot figure out and seem…
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vSphere ESXi 5.5 Windows Guest Network card not active after reboot

Problem: Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 2012 servers have no network access after a reboot Not all VMs affected, but multiple VMs and mulitiple hosts. Windows Network configuration shows the correct info Ipconfig shows a 169.254.x.x IP…
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Proxmox - Port forwarding from Host to Guest

I'll just quickly start by apologising due to my lack of knowledge in Linux networking and I appreciate all the help I'll receive from any patient users willing to help a newbie. I have a Linux (Debian Wheezy Proxmox-VE) installation setup on my…
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Which NTP source should I use in ESXi virtual machines?

I have a ESXi host running ~20 virtual machines (mostly EL6, but also one or two Windows Server 2008 R2). What is the best practice for timekeeping on virtual machines? I'm thinking about 3 different ways to do it, but I'm having trouble to find…
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Host a simple website ON a wifi router?

I need to setup a wifi 'guest' access network that will automatically direct users to a website with a flash video. The website can either be hosted internally or externally. The goal would be to make sure the user can not access anything else…
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Can I host a domain on a kvm guest with a private IP?

I have a server on which I want to host several domains. Let's say these: example1.com example2.com example3.com I only have one public IP (currently). I have configured all A-records to point to that public IP address. I can configure my apache to…
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kvm, can't access guest from outside host

following ubuntu guide on kvm, I've a test server up and running at this ip address 192.168.0.210 (netmask 255.255.255.0). The virtual machine (same as host ubuntu 11 server) use dhcp but has a specific ip 192.168.122.99. The host (already in bridge…
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VirtualBox - Public Static IP for a Debian Guest on a Dedicated Server

Goal: I want to run a Debian-squeeze-Guest in VirtualBox and give the guest it's own public static ip. I found tons of threads about this topic, but all in all I'm now trying for 10 hours (reading the manual, the forums, trying to learn about…
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Why is allowing the guest account network access considered insecure?

I was recently interested in allowing the guest account network access as related to a research project I was doing. This was on a Windows Server OS. The outcry was amazing....people freaking out and saying how insecure it is and how there just had…
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KVM: Can one have a graphical OS as the guess OS running on a host OS such as Ubuntu Server?

Perhaps this is a foolish question, but searching for answers proved fruitless as so many of the search terms come up in this domain anyway, but here goes: Is it possible to have a graphical OS (e.g. say Ubuntu Desktop or Win7) running under KVM…
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Best Practices for "temporary" accounts in a Windows server environment?

Are there any best practices for "temporary worker" accounts in a Windows server environment? We have a couple of contractors joining the organization temporarily. They only need access to a few folders. Aside from joining them to the "Domain…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtual Network Setup

Some background: I'm very much new to networking in general, and virtualization in particular. I'm trying to set up a series of VMs as we are transitioning to a thin client setup. I have been supplied a limited number of static ip addresses. The…
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Weird fluctuating time on a XEN linux guest

I have a weird problem with some servers here at work. We have a few XEN guests who's current time fluctuates. # date;date;date;date;date;date;date Thu Feb 25 16:00:40 PHT 2010 Thu Feb 25 16:00:48 PHT 2010 Thu Feb 25 16:00:40 PHT 2010 Thu Feb 25…
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Immutable/ephemeral W10 desktops

(As reader may guess, I'm more familiar & comfortable in the Linux/POSIX world, so please keep that in mind) I'm in the process of rebuiling n+20 laptops, intended for semi-public use (MakerSpace: think classroom or library), and want to set them up…
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Security effects of granting guest access to a database

I'm doing a compare of my development server with production and find one has this: EXEC sp_grantdbaccess N'guest' How would anyone take advantage of the guest user in a connection string? It doesn't seem to be mapped to a logon. In pubs I see…
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