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Samba Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the Samba daemon (smbd). A malicious Samba client could send specially crafted netlogon packets that, when processed by smbd, could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running smbd (by default, the root user)

For more details about the vulnerability or information on updating your Samba connections, see
CVE Page: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0240
KCS Article: https://access.redhat.com/articles/1346913
KCS Solution: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1351573 

Workaround / Advices
It is recommended to update to the latest software patches.

Other references:
Please refer to the TNAS report 24 February 2015 (Ref: 24022015-02) for additional information
Samba - https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-0240
US-Cert - https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/02/24/Samba-Remote-Code-Execution-Vulnerability
Tripwire - http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/vert-threat-alert-samba-remote-code-execution/

2015 Stanford HPC Conference Video Gallery

The 2015 Standford HPC Conference Video Gallery. Check it out!

What is Hadoop? A Nice Simple Presentation

Do take a look. Like this video 

Virtual Machine 3D Support Option is Greyed Out for Windows 2008 and 2012 on VMware

The solution is taken from Enable 3D Support option is greyed out in virtual machine video card settings (2092210) Modify the VMX file of the Virtual Machine

1. Take backup of the virtual machines VMX file

2. Open the VMX file, using text editor and add this line in the end

mks.enable3d = TRUE

*You can use the vi to edit the VMX file

 3. Check the VMID of the Guest OS you are reloading

# vim-cmd "vmsvc/getallvms"
Vmid        Name .........
2

 4. Reload the virtual machines configuration file by running this command:

# vim-cmd vmsvc/reload VMID

Relooking at usage of /home directory in Linux

File System in /home can be clustered very quickly nowadays where the amount of data are massive. Residing all the users in one /home directory will cause the administrator to quickly reach the limits of the File System especially if the File System is not a Parallel File System......

For more information, do take a look at Relooking at usage of /home directory in Linux on Linux Cluster

Linker returns error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find –llapack

When I do

$ ld –llapack —verbose

attempt to open /usr/x86_64-redhat-linux/lib64/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /usr/x86_64-redhat-linux/lib64/liblapack.a failed
attempt to open /usr/local/lib64/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /usr/local/lib64/liblapack.a failed
attempt to open /lib64/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /lib64/liblapack.a failed
attempt to open /usr/lib64/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /usr/lib64/liblapack.a failed
attempt to open /usr/x86_64-redhat-linux/lib/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /usr/x86_64-redhat-linux/lib/liblapack.a failed
attempt to open /usr/lib64/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /usr/lib64/liblapack.a failed
attempt to open /usr/local/lib/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /usr/local/lib/liblapack.a failed
attempt to open /lib/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /lib/liblapack.a failed
attempt to open /usr/lib/liblapack.so failed
attempt to open /usr/lib/liblapack.a failed
ld: cannot find -llapack

I resume you have installed the package already. If not, do a check,

# yum info lapack

The error can be solved by doing a soft-link

# ln -s /usr/lib64/liblapack.so.3.2.1 /usr/lib64/liblapack.so

When you do a linker again

# ld –llapack —verbose

....
....
.... 
attempt to open /usr/lib64/liblapack.so succeeded
....
....
....

NetApp Visual Storage Console (VSC)5.0 Plugin for VCentre 5.5

VSC 5.0 is a major change that includes a new look and seamless integration with the VMware vSphere Web Client. New features in this release include support for the following:

• The VMware vSphere Web Client
• VASA Provider for clustered Data ONTAP®
• SnapVault integration as a backup job option for clustered Data ONTAP
• Adding a virtual machine or datastore to an existing backup job
• Numerous bug fixes

VSC 5.0 discontinues support for the following:

• vCenter 5.1 and earlier
• VMware Desktop client
• 32-bit Windows installations
• mbralign
• Single File Restore
• Datastore Remote Replication
• Flash Accel

To download, see  http://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/vsc_win/5.0/