More SSH security

December 10, 2008
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For added security, I modified the .bashrc profile for any users that may have shell access, and added the following, so that when the user logs in, it sends out an email, letting you know that someone has logged in. echo ‘ALERT – Root Shell Access (YourserverName) on:’ `date` `who` | mail -s “Alert: Root […]

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Adding a new user to your system

June 19, 2008
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If you need to add a new user to your systemm just run the following commands: useradd username That will create a new user, and a new group, for the ‘username’ that you placed in there.  Now, to change the password for that user, run this: passwd username The system will ask you to input […]

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SSH Security

June 17, 2008
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There are many things one can do to help keep your ssh access secure on a shared hosting enviroment.  Grab your client (putty links can be found on the software page), log in, and lets go! The first one, don’t allow it!  Pretty simple huh?  In a shared hosting environment, there are very few reasons […]

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