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"Remote" - the term could refer to resources, access, control, user, presence, etc.

"Remote" could refer to either the network resource availability (e.g. "the user can interrogate the information remotely"), the user access to a network resource (as in "server access authorization through a Remote Desktop Connection/Protocol"), or even the location of the user related to the network accessed ("A Teleworker is allowed to connect remotely on 2 days per week through VPN/Remote Access, if there is a home office space available and all the conditions are met to allow the worker to perform the expected duties remotely").

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Why is it not possible to use two remotes for rsync?

Note to serverfault users: This closed question is answered here by four comments by hynekcer. It is then well accepted in other comments as a regularly answerable question. It's now being voted for re-opening. When both source and destination are…
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What is a good modern parallel SSH tool?

I have heard that pssh and clusterssh are two popular ones, but I thought I would open it to discussion here and see what the community's experiences with these tools were? What are the gotchas? Any decent hacks or use cases?
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RDP file with embedded password asks for password

I've created one RDP file full address:s:10.20.30.40 username:s:myuser password:s:mypassword domain:s:mydomain When I open this file it still asks me for the password. What can I do to tell RDP client to use password mentioned in the file instead…
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How to remotely install Linux via SSH?

I need to remotely install Ubuntu Server 10.04 (x86) on a server currently running RHEL 3.4 (x86). I'll have to be very careful because no one can press the restart button for me if anything goes wrong. Have you ever remotely installed Linux? Which…
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How do I ssh on slow/flaky connections?

I am dealing with a really slow shell connection. It is in the cloud and I am very far from the server. My connection also breaks sometimes as it is over the internet and I may also be using shared Wifi or 3G. Is there a way to see what I type…
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How to Restart explorer.exe Remotely?

I'm having big troubles with a remote server that for some reason explorer.exe crashed and, although I didn't lose remote desktop connectivity, I can't do anything. Is there a way of restarting explorer without rebooting the server? I appreciate ANY…
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Securely wipe a headless remote linux server

I'm about to terminate my relationship with my hosting provider of many years, but I'd like to securely wipe the box before I do. This is a dedicated server running Debian on a single EXT3 drive and although I have root access, I can't boot…
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Run remote powershell as administrator

Before I dive into the question, I have found several other questions that seem similar to mine, but they have not been able to solve my problem. Here are links to them: Remotely run a script invoking "Run As…
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Let the local machine beep when some event happen on remote?

While i'm connected to a server via ssh, i want to be alerted for some events. BUT not via email. I would rather use beep for that alert. However, if i put beep as a reaction, it will beep on server which of course i can't hear :D Is there any way…
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What is the best way to run a remote ssh command in background but still displaying?

I need to run SSH commands remotely with the output displaying locally. But if the connection breaks I want the command to still run. I am not talking so much about logging in and executing but doing ssh user@remotehost 'commands && command etc' How…
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How do I setup rsyslog to send all logs to multiple remote servers?

I am trying to make rsyslog to send all logs to 2 remote servers, but it seems rsyslog only sends to the secondary server if the first one fails. *.* @@server1 *.* @@server2 If I put the above in /etc/rsyslog.conf, server2 will not receive any logs…
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How do I configure SSHd to permit a single command, without giving full login access to the user?

I am looking for best way to call remote command over SSH. I create user 'rpcall', generate new certificate and fill authorized_keys. Secure it little bit more with from="ip",no-agent-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no-pty ssh-rsa…
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Use Powershell to start a GUI program on a remote machine

There are two Windows 7 machines setup on the same network. I enabled everything needed so that they could communicate with winrm. When I run the following command: Invoke-Command -ComputerName REMOTE-PC -ScriptBlock { Start-Process calc.exe…
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how to get MAC address of remote computer

I have specific situation. I want to get MAC address from a remote computer, which is not in domain. I know the hostname and IP address of the remote computer. The IP Address of my computer is 192.168.2.40 and the remote computer IP is…
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Escaping spaces in a remote path when using rsync over a remote SSH connection

When using SSH to connect rsync to a remote server, how do you escape spaces and such in the remote path? A simple backslash escapes the space for the local bash prompt, but on the remote machine the space is then being read as a break in the path,…
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