TECH TIPS
Connecting to Cisco VPN from Ubuntu 18.04 without a Group Password
vpnc replaces the legacy Cisco VPN client, which used IPSec and thus required a password for a group. Do you need to use Cisco AnyConnect? If you need to use the newer Cisco Anyconnect client, you can install openconnect on Ubuntu using sudo apt-get install...
Cisco VPN client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Run sudo apt-get install network-manager-vpnc network-manager-vpnc-gnome Then open network manager and add a new VPN, it should show Cisco Compatible VPN in your list now.
Manually generating your SSH key in macOS
You generate an SSH key through macOS by using the Terminal application. Once you upload a valid public SSH key, the Triton Compute Service uses SmartLogin to copy the public key to any new SmartMachine you provision. Joyent recommends RSA keys because the node-manta...
Manually generate password for /etc/shadow
You can use following commands for the same: Method 1 (md5, sha256, sha512) openssl passwd -6 -salt xyz yourpass Note: passing -1 will generate an MD5 password, -5 a SHA256 and -6 SHA512 (recommended) Method 2 (md5, sha256, sha512)...
Generating a SHA-256 hash from the Linux command line
echo will normally output a newline, which is suppressed with -n. Try this: echo -n foobar | sha256sum
Slack for Linux
The Slack desktop app is the easiest way to use Slack on Linux. To get started, take a look at the steps we’ve outlined below. Note: Slack for Linux is in beta. We’re still busy adding features and making adjustments to the app. 🐝 Step 1: Download the Slack app...