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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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Securing bash scripts

Does anybody know what is the best way to secure bash scripts. I have a script which creates database and source code backup and ftp it to other server. And login/password for destination ftp are plain text. I need somehow encrypt it or hide it in…
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Windows Server Remote Administration: How can I enable GUI administration from a central server in Active Directory with minimal changes?

I want to be able to fully manage servers in an Active Directory environment using a GUI from a central Windows Server. I bring this question to Server Fault because there seem to be multiple types of "Remote Management" within Windows Server and…
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Gracefully stop a Windows process remotely

Does anyone know how to gracefully stop a Windows process remotely on Windows XP Professional machines (i.e. there the remote machines are running Windows XP Professional)? The pskill utility seems to only do forceful terminations, and the taskkill…
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Prevent user account lockout for hacks/failed-logins to RDWeb (Remote Desktop Web Access)

How can I prevent RDWeb (Remote Desktop Web Access) attempting to authenticate/login ANY user on the domain!? I was under the impression only users configured in our CAP (Connection Access Policy) & RAP (Resource Access Policy) were allowed to…
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Can't access Cassandra remote node

I’m using cassandra on a remote node I can access just with console. Since the node has a private ip, the cluster manager set a proxy to access private_ip:9042 in order to allow me to execute query against the db, so I have a public…
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RDP latency optimisation on worldwide connections

I'm wondering how bigger companys are working around this challenge. Our company gets bigger and therefore we're starting to expand in new countries. Now a new branch office opened straight at the other site of the globe. Of course these Users need…
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How to apply certificates for Remote Desktop Services farm

I've been chasing my tail for a while trying to apply certificates to servers in my server farm for Server 2012 R2. Here is my environment: I have 1 Broker Server, 3 Session Hosts. I've assigned a dns entry "farm" to point to Broker Server. What…
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SSH Remote Port Forwarding to specific user

Is there a way to make a remote port only accessible for a specific user? My current setup: I'm forwarding a port to my local machine to access it via SSH on the go. I am able to directly access my local machine without logging into the remote…
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The Local Security Authority Cannot Be Contacted when attempting to login to any RDP session from a workstation

I have, what seems to be, a very unique situation happening here. At one stage RDP Connections were working perfectly, until one day, it literally just stopped. The user now encounters the exact same error when attempting to logon to any Remote…
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MySQL hacked on AWS AMI: 'Pay to get data back' - how could this be possible and how to avoid it next time?

Today morning I noticed that some of the websites I host on a EC2 instance aren't working. When I verified the MySql database, it was wiped out! :( The only thing I have found was only a record telling me I was hacked and to pay if I want my data…
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Remote Desktop freezing the remote computer

My work computer will freeze when I Remote Desktop to it from any other computer either at work or from home. I have to perform a hard reset which I don't like to do in order to get it running again. There are over 20 computers are work and there…
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Is it possible to append to a file, by piping between servers/scp/etc.?

Short version How can I pipe text from a local machine/server and append it (not overwrite) to a file in a remote machine/server? Long version I wished to append my ~/.ssh/rsa_pub (public key) from local to a remote ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. So I…
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SMTP Remote Queue on Exchange 2003

We are currently using Windows Server 2003 R2 with Exchange 2003 and SolarWinds Exchange Monitor to monitor. A couple of weeks ago the SMTP remote queue began to build up and it got to about 150 messages in the queue when it began to go down. For…
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Remote Office Domain Controller - Redirected Folders

My first question here - I tried my best to find the answer before posting. I currently manage a small health center (25 employees) that has a single domain (health.local for this purpose) running on Server 2012 R2. The health center is planning to…
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centos 6.8 remote install

I want to re-install centos 6.8 with custom partation layout on my dedicated server that comes with cent os 6.7. I tried following settings on a vps first and i am able to connect via vnc for remote installation. I tried same settings on the…
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