May 2016 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Trello and similar tools
by Ben Mustill-Rose 26 May '16

26 May '16

Hi all, My team are investigating tools to help plan / track / visualize the work that we do. So far the favourite seems to be Trello but whilst this is usable in the strictest of senses, it's one of those situations where it's so fiddly to use that I can't really be as productive as I'd like. What do other people use for this sort of thing? Bonus points if it has an iOS app. The team are open to trying other solutions if they work better for me but if I can't find anything it's probably going to be Trello or Github. Cheers, Ben.

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Quick survey. Results are important.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 25 May '16

25 May '16

Hello, I would appreciate it if you would reply with the screen reader you primarily use and yes or no depending on if you are currently employed or not. For example: Jaws, Yes. To indicate that Jaws is your primary screen reader and you are currently employed. If you'd prefer to send this to me off list please Email d(a)digitaldarragh.com<mailto:d@digitaldarragh.com> Your name and answer will not be shared. I simply want to get a picture of the top screen readers actively used in system administration by blind users. Thanks Darragh

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VmWare question
by Kelly Prescott 18 May '16

18 May '16

I have a question about using VmWare in a school environment. I need to do some labs which are setup on a VmWare work station. I have been given access to this workstation through a html interface. They are calling it VDI. The lab machines exist on this work station. How can I best make this system accessible? I think I will have to install some sort of speech (orca) on the Linux hosts and perhaps NVDA on the windows hosts. Am I going in the proper direction? Am I wasting my time trying to do this? Would there be a better way to do this? I have been given access to the actual machine images, but there are 8 of them and my little laptop cannot run them all at once which is required for this environment. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. Kp

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Booting to usb flash drive
by Troy Hergert 13 May '16

13 May '16

I need to boot a group of laptops with Windows 8.1 pro to a flash drive which has my imaging software setup real nice with nvda. These HP Pro book laptops don't boot to the usb drive. I can get them to reboot into their recovery mode by going to advanced startup settings in the charms bar but then get no speech. Has anyone come up with a way to get speech at these screens? Or does anyone know of a way to force the system to recognize the usb drive as bootable? Thanks.

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levtec winstaller images
by mattias 12 May '16

12 May '16

are them not secure boot compatible?

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Running Metasploit using msfconsole
by Paul O'Rahilly 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hello Folks Calling all pen testers ! Is anyone using kali linux to run msfconsole, with orca. I need to use the metasploit database to run white hack exploits against some known vulnerabilities. It’s part of a college project. I’ve discovered www.exploit-db.com. I’ve started up msfconsole on kali, and the database is connected. I have a procedure to find exploits, set options and run the exploit. I am wondering if anyone has been down this road before, and would like to share their experience, and possibly save me some time. I’m also wondering if anyone has successfully opened a terminal for searchsploit. Thanks, Paul

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Running Metasploit using msfconsole
by Paul O'Rahilly 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hello Folks Calling all pen testers ! Is anyone using kali linux to run msfconsole, with orca. I need to use the metasploit database to run white hack exploits against some known vulnerabilities. It’s part of a college project. I’ve discovered www.exploit-db.com. I’ve started up msfconsole on kali, and the database is connected. I have a procedure to find exploits, set options and run the exploit. I am wondering if anyone has been down this road before, and would like to share their experience, and possibly save me some time. I’m also wondering if anyone has successfully opened a terminal for searchsploit. Thanks, Paul

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Booting to usb flash drive
by Troy Hergert 04 May '16

04 May '16

I need to boot a group of laptops with Windows 8.1 pro to a flash drive which has my imaging software setup real nice with nvda. These HP Pro book laptops don't boot to the usb drive. I can get them to reboot into their recovery mode by going to advanced startup settings in the charms bar but then get no speech. Has anyone come up with a way to get speech at these screens? Or does anyone know of a way to force the system to recognize the usb drive as bootable? Thanks.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Active Directory Administrative center
by Ryan Shugart 04 May '16

04 May '16

German: What specifically are you trying to get to to find out? I agree that in general, the AD administrative center is not accessible with any screen reader, JAWS or otherwise. Anything you can do in the ADAC is possible in Powershell, that’s what I used to enable the AD recycle bin last year. Other things can also be accessed through ADSIEdit directly, I used that method to set a specific password policy earlier this year, but that’s doable through Powershell too. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> on behalf of "Fermin, German" <GERMAN.FERMIN(a)PURCHASE.EDU> Reply-To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 7:30 PM To: "'Blind sysadmins list (blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org)'" <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Active Directory Administrative center >Hello all, wonder if anyone has any advice for navigating through this. It's a bit confusing. I know what I want to get to but can't seem to get there reliably or at all. Using Jaws17 if it matters at all. I'm looking to get to the password logs for particular users. Don't seem to have that option in AD computers and users. Administrative center seems to have more useful options but can't seem to get around it very well. Is this something that is easier for a PowerShell script? > >Wanted to get the collective thoughts and views > >Thanks >German >_______________________________________________ >Blind-sysadmins mailing list >Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Active Directory Administrative center
by Fermin, German 04 May '16

04 May '16

Hello all, wonder if anyone has any advice for navigating through this. It's a bit confusing. I know what I want to get to but can't seem to get there reliably or at all. Using Jaws17 if it matters at all. I'm looking to get to the password logs for particular users. Don't seem to have that option in AD computers and users. Administrative center seems to have more useful options but can't seem to get around it very well. Is this something that is easier for a PowerShell script? Wanted to get the collective thoughts and views Thanks German

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