Reverting to passworded SSH (root) logins

My normal ssh logins are with public keys authentication (aka passwordless), however, under certain circumstances I’d like to revert back to good old passwords logins. Like when I want to transfer a Plesk server across another server using the Plesk Migration & Transfer manager.

After scouring the Net for some inspiration, which failed, and some tinkering, I finally found a neat solution to switch between the two (passwordless and normal authentication logins) quickly, the process is relatively simple* but frankly puzzling IMHO. I shall explain why: Continue reading Reverting to passworded SSH (root) logins

index.shtml and #include virtual in Virtualmin

For some reason the default virtualmin install does not have index.shtml in the Directoryindex directive. To enable it, one must edit the directive:

Virtualmin > Services > Configure Website > Edit Directives

Find the following line:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php4 index.php5

Add index.shml at the end of the line:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php4 index.php5 index.shtml

Click “Save” then “Apply Changes” (on the top right hand side of the “Virtual Server Options” page). Checking your virtual website will show the index.shtml page.

To make it a default configuration

In order to enable this for all further virtual websites:

Continue reading index.shtml and #include virtual in Virtualmin