[ Script ] How To Backup and Restore Directory Permissions on Linux Machines

There is many ways to backup and restore on Linux machines, but when you have a specific need you must use some sort of scripting, don’t rely on tools because i think this get you stuck in thinking that there no other way to do the thing you need to do. The requirement was that […]

AutoRoot – Automatically Reset The root Password On Linux Machines

AutoRoot will scan for any logical volume containing the word root or for block devices starting from /dev/sda1…/dev/sda10, /dev/sdb1…/dev/sdb10, /dev/sdc1…/dev/sdc10, it will then try to mount the volume and check for the password file,if found, it will change the root password to: vNugget.com This started as a simple exercise to get familiar with the python […]

[Script] View Virtual Machine Events

ViewVmEvents is a python script that can be used to view a specific event related to a VMware virtual machine. The events type can be one of the following: Reboot, Shutdown or Standby. I was experimenting with the Pyvmomi SDK for the VMware vSphere API, on how I can quickly view a virtual machine event without going […]