Script to backup all mysql database and upload to FTP
In this howto I will show you a simple bash script that dump ALL mysql databases on your server compressed to GZIP and then make a nice tar.gz file with them and upload it to the FTP of your...
View ArticleHow to Install and Configure iptables under CentOS
Working with iptables from the command line requires root privileges, so you will need to become root for most things we will be doing. Iptables should be installed by default on all CentOS 3.x, 4.x...
View ArticleHow to configure single IP Addresses in IPtables
Opening up a whole interface to incoming packets may not be restrictive enough and you may want more control as to what to allow and what to reject. Lets suppose we have a small network of computers...
View ArticleHow to set up a basic email server with postfix and Dovecot
This article uses postfix as the mail transport agent (MTA), as opposed to sendmail, the default MTA for CentOS. Dovecot is used to allow users to access their email by either imap or pop protocols. We...
View ArticleHow to increase PageRank In WordPress by Putting NoFollow Relationship
Blogroll in WordPress displays a list of blogger’s favorite blogs in the sidebar of their blog. Blogroll provides links to external blogs in easily managed way. Some webmasters also use Blogroll to...
View ArticleHow to access your server via SSH
If you are unfamiliar with SSH this is ok. This is a simple explanation to get you to a command prompt on your new server or existing server. Simply download a program called “putty.exe” if you are...
View ArticleHow to create a boot CD with the specified kernel in Linux
The kernel in Fedora Core 2 and higher is too big to fit on a floppy disk, so you’ll have to create a boot CD instead. Here are the steps. 1. Each installed kernel has a dedicated subdirectory for its...
View ArticleHow To Grant/Deny Access to Particular Web Files Using Apache
When browsing web files and directory, most bots, without consideration to .htaccess restrictions, have the capability to crawl and sniff files and folders located under your web root folder, even if...
View ArticleHow to Install Java Runtime Environment – Linux
You can download SUN’s latest Java JDKs at: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp. For my 64-bit Debian system I selected the 64-bit JDK multiplatform binary for Linux: jdk-6u10-linux-x64.bin....
View ArticleHow to Run Remote Commands with SSH
The ssh program can  be used for monitoring remote hots. The system admin can also execute commands from his desktop which can be executed at remote servers. This is a cool facility of ssh. We can...
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