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How to grant admin rights to a normal windows user for making host file entry. (This solution is applicable for windows7,8,10)

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Scenario - I have a windows 7 machine and in that there are 2 users one is administrator (Local administrator) and second one is normal user (Member of Users group) which does not have access to make host file entry. It asks for admin rights or admin account password     So now there is no access for second user making changes in host file. I am going to saw you how we can give access to that user for given only (read/write) access on this file. Step 1 - Login through administrator account and go to the path C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc Step 2 -   Right click on the hosts file and select properties after that select Security tab and click on edit button. (Here you will see users and group in the listed, you can see to which user is having what permission also) After click Edit button it will ask to add user for giving required permission which you want to apply. Add that user from the list and give permission by check mark in Allow bo

Vmware vsphere client giving error-Call "ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent" for object "ServiceInstance" on Server "192.168.x.x" failed.

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Hi All, I was facing below error while connecting esxi 5.5 host through vsphere client.After giving server details and credentails it takes some time after that it gives below error.Please help. Error- Call "ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent" for object "ServiceInstance" on Server "192.168.x.x" failed. I found below solution for this. I found below solution for this. Just simple change IP address of your host and try to connect again.It work for me. My issue- Same IP address was going to be used one of my linux server which I had assigned to Esxi host so in this we do not get IP conflict error message. When I checked same in my DHCP server that same IP used in both place.Changing IP address was my solution and it works for me.

Webmin installation error in Ubuntu 14.04

Sometime we face below error message when we install this debian package. Error-  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of webmin: webmin depends on    libauthen-pam-perl;   however: Package libauthen-pam-perl is not installed. webmin depends on apt-show-versions;however: Package apt-show-versions is not installed. Solution- Step1- Sudo apt-get update Step2- Sudo apt-get install -f This will help you for resolving this issue.

Your IMAP server wants to alert you to the following:Please log in via your web brower:https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754(Failure))

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                  How to resolve IMAP error when configuring gmail account in outlook 2016                                       Step 1 - In Gmail account settings check if IMAP is enabled.It should be enabled.                                         Step 2- Check the other security setting by using below link and turn off access for the less secure apps if it is Turn on. https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps                             Thanks, Raghvendra

How to install Skype in Ubuntu 14.04 by Terminal

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                                            Skype installation in Ubuntu 14.04 Step1- Download Package from http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/ I have downloaded .deb(skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386) Step2- sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386 If we get this error during installation then run below command for it here it will take few minutes for completing this process. # sudo apt-get install -f Now open Skype from search menu Now login prompt will appear.

How to connect VPN through VPNC in Redhat

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There are many way for connecting vpn client in Redhat. I am going to describe about through VPNC. Step1- yum update Step2- download rpm of vpnc and install it as below # rpm -ivh vpnc-0.5.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm Step3- Check installed vpnc by below command # vpnc --version How to connect vpn after installing vpnc ? Step1- /usr/sbin/vpnc (Use sudo if you are not root login)- It will ask for the gateway from which you need to make vpn connection. Step2- It will ask for IPSec ID and it's key after that enter vpn credentails. How to disconnect? Run below command for disconncting vpn. # /usr/sbin/vpnc-disconnect (Use sudo if you are not root login)

Linux Administration free web tool....Webmin.....How to install webmin in Redhat ?

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Webmin - Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Linux. Using any web browser, we can setup user accounts, Apache, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit configuration files like /etc/passwd, and we manage a system from the console or remotely. http://www.webmin.com/ we can download setup file from this site. Step1 -  Download required rpm # wget http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.730/webmin-1.730-1.noarch.rpm # rpm -ivh webmin-1.730-1.noarch.rpm Step2- Access console from any browser by using root credentials. After login  Dashboard will  appear from there we can manage different things  remotely  an easy way. We can share access by creating a Webmin user apart from root with limited access.