Excluding Packages from Yum Update
When running a ‘yum update’ under CentOS, there are certain packages you may be running which…
Fix corrupted RPM database on CentOS 5
If rpm / yum command hangs during operations or you see error messages – it means…
cPanel transfer restore error
Forcing the restore of a transfered cPanel account , even if the new system says the…
How to install CPAN libwww-perl
When installing the CSF firewall on your CentOS server, you need to make sure that you…
How to remove Tomcat on cPanel
Want to remove Tomcat from cPanel? Log-into your server as root using ssh: Execute the following…
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Apache logs
Issues with suhosin or mod_security , then best check your Apache error logs tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
Rebuilding/Restarting Exim Mail Server
When troubleshooting the Exim log file: tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog If you need to restart or rebuild…
CSS Double Body Background Image
So you’re designing a website, and you’ve reached a point where you need two background images…
10 reasons websites should not play music automatically
I do a lot of surfing, looking for design inspiration, coding tips, or simply something to…
5 Essential WordPress Plugins
If you create sites using WordPress, I’m sure there are certain plugins you find yourself using…
Refreshing Your Firefox Profile
I’m a big fan of Firefox, and it’s been my main web browser for as long…
Linux server tip: force reboot/shutdown
Forcing reboot A Linux Server is not Windows XP and if reboot fail you usually still…
How to update Virtuozzo Node to the newest Kernel
Virtuozzo includes a utility to update itself and the included templates. To run this, you will…
Linux | MySQL | Techno Babble
Turbo charging MySQL by setting up the query cache
To make sure MySQL uses the query cache, there are a few variables you need to…
Linux | MySQL | Techno Babble
Moving mySQL DBs between servers
Moving mySQL DBs from one server to another: mysqldump -uUSER -pPASSWORD txp_database > txp_database.sql puts the…
Linux | MySQL | Techno Babble
Taking backup of mysql database using cron
Taking backup of mysql database using cron Create a file called database_backup.sh and also an empty…
How to Reset your Linux Root Password
Whenever you can’t remember Root password, you can read this tutorial and do step by step…
CentOS – what happened to netconfig in 5.1
For whatever reason CentOS decided to drop netconfig and renamed it to system-config-network
Stop XP Treating Zip Files as Folders
This is a long-standing Windows XP annoyance, and every time I rebuild a PC or buy…
SCP – Moving large files from one linux server to your new linux server
SCP – Moving large files from one Linux server to your new Linux server What is…
How to check and stop if DDoS attack is going on.
Distributed denial-of-service attacks In a distributed attack, the attacking computers are often personal computers with broadband…