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Permissions for Veeam backup Linux repositories

Luca Dell'Oca, December 5, 2017December 4, 2017

I’ve seen often Veeam users to configure their repositories using administrative permissions. This is a really bad practice as the most precious part of a Veeam environment, the backup files, are then exposed to security risks, in case anyone can obtain those credentials. And with the raise of cryptolockers and ransomware this behavior has become even more dangerous. For Linux repositories, users can configure their servers to use common users.

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Creiamoci un secondo utente root

Luca Dell'Oca, April 2, 2010December 4, 2016

Ieri ho pubblicato un piccolo tutorial su come ripristinare la password di root. Come ulteriore misura di sicurezza, vi consiglio di crearvi un secondo utente root. I passaggi sono semplicissimi: andate in console su ESX, e date il comando: adduser -u 0 -o -g 0 -G 0,1,2,3,4,6,10 -M root2 omettete…

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Reset della password di root di ESX

Luca Dell'Oca, April 1, 2010December 4, 2016

Avete perso la password di ESXi? Beh, dovrete reinstallarlo, punto. Se invece usate ESX, avete una possibilità di ripristinarla. Ecco come: Riavviate ESX quando compare la schermata di GRUB, premete la barra di spazio per arrestare il boot automatico di ESX selezionate la modalità Service Console only (troubleshooting mode) premete…

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