Linux server tip: force reboot/shutdown
Forcing reboot
A Linux Server is not Windows XP and if reboot fail you usually still connect by SSH and do something. This commands will show you how to remotely hard reboot machine.…
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Linux Server Managment
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 need to ssh into the hardware node and execute the command:
vzup2date
In order to update the templates, add a -t to the command thusly:
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It should be noted that if Virtuozzo is installed on the server, the standard Redhat up2date command should never be run.…
Read More 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 set in the configuration file . Usually its my.cnf or my.ini…
Read More Moving mySQL DBs between servers
Moving mySQL DBs from one server to another:
mysqldump -uUSER -pPASSWORD txp_database > txp_database.sql
puts the entire thing in one nicely portable text file.
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mysql -uUSER -pPASSWORD txp_database < txp_database.sql…
Read More 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 directory called mysql_backup. The database_backup.sh script should have the following info :…
Read More How to Reset your Linux Root Password
Whenever you can’t remember Root password, you can read this tutorial and do step by step to Reset it … You can log in with single-user mode and create a new root password.…
Read More CentOS – what happened to netconfig in 5.1
For whatever reason CentOS decided to drop netconfig and renamed it to
system-config-network…
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Stop XP Treating Zip Files as Folders
This is a long-standing Windows XP annoyance, and every time I rebuild a PC or buy a new one, I have to rummage around the web to find the fix.…
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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 scp in linux?
Secure copy or SCP is a means of securely transferring computer files between a local host and a remote host or between two remote hosts.…
Read More 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 connections to the Internet that have been compromised by viruses
or Trojan horse programs.…
Read More How can I repair corrupt MySQL tables?
How can I repair corrupt MySQL tables?
Every so often, MySQL
tables have a way of corrupting themselves. MySQL offers a quick and
painless method of repairing those tables.…
Read More How to mount and unmount a drive in linux
How To Mount A Drive In Linux
This simple step by step guide will show you how to mount a new hard drive or partitions onto your Linux server…
Read More Linux sub directory size info
Need to know the exact size of your subdirectories in Linux?
Just go to the directory , like cd / and try this
du -cksh *
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Read More Easyapache failing on CentOS server
Had an issue with one on our CentOS cPanel servers running 64 bit and cPanels easyapache upgrade. The folks at cPanel helped out with their usual professional response…
Read More How to find MAC address in CentOS
Open SSH and type the following and press Enter:
/sbin/ifconfig | grep -i hwaddr
The sequence of hexadecimal digits that appears to the right of eth0 HWAddr (e.g.…
Read More Problems with CenotOS5 – cPanel and BIND
If you have issues with cPanel running CentOS5 with BIND then the easiest way is to downgrade BIND to 9.2.4
The reason you’re having trouble is because CentOS 5 uses bind-9.3 and CentOS 4 uses bind-9.2 – The changes between these versions is significant enough that cPanel won’t work with it properly.…
Read More kernel yum upgrade
check what kernel you are running at the moment
uname -a
and to upgrade your kernel
Read moreKaboxer - Kali Applications Boxer | Kali Linux Blogyum update \kernel*
check if your kernel is added to grub
cat /boot/grub/grub.conf…
Read More Installing and configuring Windows CDP Agents
R1Soft CDP is a easy to install and use continous data protection system, primarily targeted at the hosting market. It backups up multiple servers to a central backup server; multiple backup windows can be performed per day, and files or even the whole disk can be restored from the image.…
Read More Preparing server for bare metal restore using R1Soft Live Rescue CD
Follow these steps to prepare a Linux or Windows server backup system,
prodced by R1Soft, for a bare metal restore.
1. Put the R1Soft Live Rescue CD into the machine you are going to restore
to, and boot.…
Read More Installing Webmin
While the big control panel suites you can install, like cPanel or Plesk, are excellent for large scale deployments or easy system administration, sometimes you just want an interface to quickly carry out complex tasks, which doesn’t require a package as large as cPanel/Plesk.…
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