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 :
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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. Reboot your computer. When GRUB is presenting the menu list, follow those instructions:
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 a new one, I have to rummage around the web to find the fix. Well not any more – here is the definitive fix (well, it works for me)… 1. As an administrator-level user, open a command prompt window2….
How to install mod_gzip on a Linux server
This guide will show you how to install mod_gzip on your Linux server mod_gzip – what’s that, anyway? mod_gzip – serving compressed content by the Apache webserver mod_gzip is an external extension module for the WWW’s most popular web server Apache, created in autumn, 2000. Its implementation allows for using the compression method gzip for…
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. It is based on the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. Ok, so…
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. These allow the perpetrator to remotely control machines to direct the attack, and such an array of computers is called a botnet. With enough such…
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.
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
Downgrading MySQL5 to MySQL4.1 in cPanel
For whatever reason , some people still want to run the old version of MySQL4.1 in there new cPanel servers, which seems a little issue , as the default database version in new cPanel server installs is MySQL5. Here are the simple steps to downgrade the database (this should only be done on a new…
MD5 password generator
MD5 password generator $pw is: “; echo ” ” . strtoupper(md5($pw)) . “”; } ?> Enter a password to encrypt:
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 * Read moreKali Linux in the AWS cloud, again | Kali Linux Blog
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
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. 08:00:27:ED:DA:8b) is your network card’s MAC Address
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. For instance by…
kernel yum upgrade
check what kernel you are running at the moment uname -a and to upgrade your kernel Read moreKali Linux in the DigitalOcean Cloud | Kali Linux Blogyum update \kernel* check if your kernel is added to grub cat /boot/grub/grub.conf Read moreCracking in the Cloud with CUDA GPUs | Kali Linux Blogand then reboot shutdown -rf…
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. This tutorial will show you…
Recover broken systems with SystemRescueCD
SystemRescueCD is a powerful, expansive live cd which is useful for recovering broken systems. This tutorial will guide you through how to get it up and running and how to perform some basic recovery procedures.
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 moreKali Linux in the DigitalOcean Cloud | Kali Linux BlogPress enter at the splash screen….
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. Webmin, a free and powerful control panel, it easy to install…