Insightful Employee Productivity Monitoring Tool Installation Process for Version of Linux

By: WaH-Banana on September 10, 2022 / comment : 0 app, command, Connect, Features, Help-desk, Install, IT, Linux, permission, settings, Software, Supports, Systems, Web, Windows

Insightful is the best employee productivity monitoring tool which support to the version of Linux operating systems.

This article is describing the installation process of Insightful to Linux operating systems. Because the website doesn’t have the clear guide to install it for Linux operating systems except the Windows and Mac OS environments.

The installation process is different for personal and company computers.

Company Computers

Company computer installation is done using the Linux terminal. In order to create a terminal line, you need your organization ID.

1. To get your unique Organization ID, first, log in to Insightful as the admin.
2. Go to Add New Employee > Company computers > Download for MacOS
3. In the terminal line, part of it will be your Organization ID. It looks like this:

export base="https://storage.googleapis.com/workpuls-updates/mac/daemon"; /bin/bash -c

"organizationId="OrganizationID"; $(curl -fsSL $base/install.sh)" 

4. Copy your Organization ID into the following:

export base="https://storage.googleapis.com/workpuls-updates/linux/service"; /bin/bash -c

"organizationId="organizationID"; $(curl -fsSL $base/install.sh)"

Microsoft Exchange Admin Center Forward email to Multiple Users

By: WaH-Banana on September 04, 2022 / comment : 0 Exchange Admin Center, Features, Help-desk, IT, Microsoft, Outlook, permission, Server, settings, Supports, Systems, Tenet, Windows

 

1. Go to the Microsoft Admin Center (Tenet)

2. Click on "Exchange".

3. Click on "Mail Flow" then "Rules".

4. Click on the "+" icon to setup the new Rule.

5. Please use the below screenshot to add the mail forwarding rule.

• Please give the name to "Name" filed, it must be meaning full name to identify later if you want.
• Select the "The recipient is.." from "Apply this rule if.." filed. Then select the recipient email you want to add mail forwarding rule.
• Select the "Redirect the message to.." from "Do the following" filed. Then you have to select to email address which you want to forward that recipient emails.

File Permissions in Linux / Unix Environment - How to Read, Write & Execute?

By: WaH-Banana on September 04, 2022 / comment : 0 Administrator Privileges, command, Connect, Features, File, File Server, Help-desk, IT, Linux, permission, settings, Share, Supports, Systems

The type of owners are represented as,

u - User/Owner

g - Group

o - Other

a - All

Lets say if you give the permission as "0123", that means

0 for - User/Owner

1 for - Group

2 for - Other

3 for - All

You can use the following symbolic to change the user permission.

"+" Adds a permission to a file or directory

"–" Removes the permission

"=" Sets the permission and overrides the permissions set earlier.

Here I mentioned the user permission types to anyone can use.

Number	Permission	Symbol
0	No Permission	-
1	Execute	-x
2	Write	-w-
3	Execute + Write	-wx
4	Read	r–
5	Read + Execute	r-x
6	Read +Write	rw-
7	Read + Write +Execute	rwx

How to Setup Samba File Shares in Linux – Quick and Easy

By: WaH-Banana on September 04, 2022 / comment : 0 Access, command, desktop, Features, File, File Server, Help-desk, Install, Linux, permission, Samba, settings, Share, Windows

 

First of all if you didn't install the Samba, please use the below command to install it.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install samba

And you can check it whether it install or not using the below command.

whereis samba

If it successfully install you can get the some output related to the Samba, if not there is no output to visible.

Before config the Samba in your Linux environment, please backup your previous Samba configuration file if you already have the some Samba sharing settings. if not you can start it as the fresh configuration.

Please use the below command to backup the already having Samba configuration file.

sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.orig

As a second step please create the folder you want share using the Samba,

mkdir /<path>/<FolderName>/

Now we can assign the permission for folder.

sudo chmod -R 0775 /<path>/<FolderName>

If you want you can check the permission using below command.

sudo chown -R nobody:nogroup /<path>/<FolderName>

Finally we need to configure the directory as a share using Samba configuration file.

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

It is locate the above path and you can open it using the above command.

Please add the below settings to the configuration file.

[FolderName]

comment = FolderName

path = /<path>/<FolderName>

public = yes

writable = yes

guest ok = yes

browsable = yes

read only = no

force user = nobody

Then press "Ctrl-O" to save it and "Ctrl-X" to exit from the nano text editor.

After that we need to restart the Samba and please use the below command to restart it.

sudo systemctl restart smbd

or

sudo service smbd restart

Now you can access it from your Windows or Linux environment using the below commands.

Windows,

\\ip-address\<FolderName>

Linux,

smb://ip-address/<FolderName>

How to Install a Software as an Administrative Privilege? - Quick Assist

By: WaH-Banana on September 19, 2021 / comment : 0 Administrator Privileges, app, Connect, desktop, Elevation, Error, Features, Help-desk, IT, local admin, Microsoft, permission, Quick Assist, Remote connect, Software, Systems, UAC

 

If you have the remote privilege you cannot pass the administrative credentials to users windows unless user login as the administrator user account.

But there is one method to do it specially when you have to install the software in user's computer.

Please follow the my previous blog post to remote connect to the user computer.

How to use the Quick Assist

After that, 

• Shift+Right Click on the software
• Select “Run as different user”

• Give the Administrative credential as below and install it.

If the additional windows appeared in the users windows to approve it, please aske user to approve it.

How to use the Quick Assist

By: WaH-Banana on September 19, 2021 / comment : 0 announcement, app, Connect, desktop, Features, Help-desk, IT, Microsft Store, Microsoft, Remote connect, Software, Systems

 

Please follow the below steps.

• Open Quick Assist tool.
• Click on “Assist another person”

• Select “Take full control” and click on “Continue”
• User need to click on “Allow”

How to add Google AdSense ads.txt file to your BlogSpot blogger site

By: WaH-Banana on September 19, 2021 / comment : 1 AdSense, Domain, Error, Features, Google, Google AdSense, Help-desk, IT, permission, settings, Supports

 

If you can see the above error screen in your Google AdSense account, that means your blogger site missing the ads.txt and need to add it.

Please follow the below step to add it.

• Click on the "Fix now"

• Click on the "Download" and download your "ads.txt" file and open it.
• Copy the command
• Go to the "Settings" in your blogger site.
• Find the "Monetization"
• Enable the "Custom ads.txt"

My FortiClient VPN doesn't have the Uninstaller Option

By: WaH-Banana on September 18, 2021 / comment : 0 announcement, app, cmd, command, Error, Features, Forti, FortiClient, FortiEMS, Help-desk, IT, Supports, VPN

 

My FortiClient VPN doesn't have the Uninstaller Option and only have the Repair Option. Therefor cannot Uninstall it.

If your FortiClient VPN or EMS doesn't have the uninstaller option, that means there might be have a corruption of VPN or restriction from the End Point Management System from your System Administrator.

If you want to uninstall it, there is one method to do it in using the the CMD.

• Open Command Prompt (CMD) as an Administrator.

Complete Guide of FortiClient EMS

By: WaH-Banana on September 11, 2021 / comment : 0 app, Connect, desktop, Domain, Features, Forti, FortiClient, FortiEMS, Help-desk, IT, Remote connect, Software, VPN

 

FortiClient EMS is paid version with more features to control your endpoint devices of your organization. There has several features and here I mentioned the basic explanation of each and every features.

• Zero Trust Telemetry

Hmmmm... can't reach this page - FortiEMS

By: WaH-Banana on September 11, 2021 / comment : 0 app, Connect, Domain, Error, Features, Forti, FortiClient, FortiEMS, Help-desk, IT, permission, Supports, VPN

 

Hmmmm... can't reach this page

This is the feature of FortiEMS in your organization environment and your System Administrator can manage your internet access either you in the organization or with your personal internet source.

This feature already enabled either you connect to the VPN or not. if you need to access the restricted website, please contact your System Administrator to allow it.

Please note that all your internet activity is monitored by the FortiEMS and there is no any privacy in it.

How to use IRM to Restrict Permission to a Outlook Message

By: WaH-Banana on April 11, 2020 / comment : 0 Domain, Features, Help-desk, IRM, IT, Microsoft, Outlook, permission, settings, Software, Supports, Systems

IRM - Information Rights Management is the coolest way to restrict the permission of the Outlook messages. Before it use to go, your system administrator is need to install and setup the IRM feature to your mail server. If your administrator is pre-setup it you can see it under "Options" tab as a "Permission" in a new mail writing window.

• Encrypt - The message was encrypted.
• Normal - No sensitivity level is assigned to the message.
• Private - The recipient will see Please treat this as Private in the Info-bar.
• Personal - The recipient will see Please treat this as Personal in the Info Bar.
• Confidential - The recipient will see Please treat this as Confidential in the Info Bar.
• Do Not Forward - All access restricted.

• File -> Options -> Mail.
• Under Send messages you can change the  default Sensitivity level.

How to Access Shareable Drives of the Domain Environment from the Work-group or Personal Computers - FortiClient

By: WaH-Banana on April 10, 2020 / comment : 0 cmd, command, Connect, desktop, Download, Features, File Server, Forti, FortiClient, Help-desk, Server, settings, Software, Supports, Systems, VPN

There is more possible reason to you din't have the company Laptop, Company Laptop was out of battery, Laptop din't working, you forget to bring it home or company laptop was unexpectedly removed from the Domain. In that situation your intimidate boss required the special document at the company file server to re edit and if you have your own personal computer, there is much easier way to do it.

If your company use the Fortinet Firewall, you can download the "FortiClient" VPN from their official site. If not you can download the required VPN client software according to your company Firewall and installed it. If you din't know the settings of the VPN client software, you can contact your IT support.

• Download and install the VPN Client software.
• Connect to the VPN using your company login credentials. (Make sure before you have access to the company VPN)
• Windows+R
• Type your file server name or a IP address and click on the "OK". Please follow the below format,
• \\FileServer (If you know the name)
• \\199.99.9.9 (If you know the IP address)

• Then you will be prompt the login windows.
• User name: YourDoman\YourUserName (Ford.com\SamanthaB)
• Password: Company login password 
• Click on the "OK"

How to Schedule a Microsoft Teams Meeting Using the Outlook

By: WaH-Banana on April 10, 2020 / comment : 0 Features, Help-desk, Meeting, Microsoft, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Schedule, Software, Supports, Systems

There is a easy way to schedule a Teams meeting using the Outlook as a normal meeting schedule. Please follow the below instruction to schedule the Teams meetings.

• At the Outlook go to "Calendar" Tab.
• At the menu bar in the "Home" tab click on the "New Teams Meeting".

There is a another way to do that in Outlook and you can follow the below instruction to proceed it.

• At the "Home" tab click on the "New Items".
• Click on the "Teams Meeting".

If you click on the "Meetings" instead of the"Teams Meeting", there is additional step to follow to success it.

• Click on the "Teams Meeting" at the "Meetings" tab.

Whatever the steps you successfully follow to schedule the Teams meeting, you will be appears the below window with "Join Microsoft Teams Meeting".

After that you can fill the required details as normal meeting and can "Send" to required users.

How to Schedule a Live Event in Microsoft Teams

By: WaH-Banana on April 09, 2020 / comment : 0 Connect, Features, Help-desk, Live Event, Microsoft, Microsoft Teams, Schedule, Software, Supports, Systems

There is option in a Microsoft Teams to schedule and present a Live Event. Please follow the below instruction to schedule to live event at the Microsoft Teams.

• Open Microsoft Teams and go to "Calendar".
• Click on the arrow in the "New Meeting" button.
• Click on the "Live Event".

Microsoft Teams Meeting Experience New Features

By: WaH-Banana on April 08, 2020 / comment : 0 announcement, Background effects, Features, Help-desk, Instant Channel, IT, Meeting, Microsoft, Microsoft Teams, Software, Supports, Systems, updates

Microsoft announced the following features will be available to improve the Teams Meeting experience as there new major update in the April month. These features are still not available but it will be rolling out the this month.

• Background effects in Teams meetings - Rolling out beginning in mid April

• New experience for launching instant channel meetings - Rolling out starting in late April

• Improved Teams meeting join launcher experience - Rolling out starting in late April