Here’s how to get it working in 2 easy steps:
1. Download and install the Sonicwall 64-bit VPN client from HERE (as of this writing).
2. Install the Cisco VPN client. Edit: If you get an error that it cannot run on this operating system then just extract the .exe file and run the .msi file. Problem solved.
Month: January 2016
How To Connect Ubuntu Linux to Cisco VPN
I have a client who uses a Cisco VPN to protect their network, and I exclusively use Ubuntu in my consulting work. At the moment, they don’t easily work together out-of-the-box, even though they should. To get access to their network, I was provided with a PCF file, used to configure VPN client software to connect to the VPN server. However, after importing the configuration file, I simply couldn’t connect.
In theory, you can use the standard NetworkManager utility to connect to your Cisco VPN, but it doesn’t actually work. I’ve outlined the process that’s supposed to work, and the one that’s necessary to actually make it happen. Read More
How to disable service listing in Axis2
Apache Axis2 is a Web Services / SOAP / WSDL engine, the successor to the widely used Apache Axis SOAP stack.
Number of users have requested to have a way to enable/disable service listing in Axis2. What that means is, by default Axis2 list out all the service in the system when you go the following URL;
http://localhost:8080/axis2/services/listServices
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FireWall in Centos 7 masked
FireWall in Centos 7 masked
How to resolve the error message below
Failed to issue method call: Unit firewalld.service is masked.
The main reason a service is masked is to prevent accidental starting or enabling of a serive.
For example firewalld can be masked with the following commad
systemctl mask firewalld
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Shell script to watch the disk space
Find out the percentage of space:
df -H | grep -vE '^Filesystem|tmpfs|cdrom' | awk '{ print $5 " " $1 }'
Output:
71% /dev/hdb1 98% /dev/hdb5