Month: March 2010

Bash History: Display Date & Time For Commands

By Vivek Gite @ cyberciti.biz How do I display shell command history with date and time under UNIX or Linux operating systems? If the HISTTIMEFORMAT is set, the time stamp information associated with each history entry is written to the history file, marked with the history comment character. Defining the environment variable as follows: $…


Apache updated to 2.2.15

From gmane.org The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of version 2.2.15 of the Apache HTTP Server (“httpd”). This version of httpd is principally a security and bug fix release. Notably, this release was updated to reflect the OpenSSL Project’s release 0.9.8m of…


BASH Lesson – df and awk

From http://www.bashscripts.info


Windows Apache Exploit Discovered

“An IT security company has discovered a serious exploit in Apache’s HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database. ZDNet reports the vulnerability exists in Apache’s core mod_isapi module. By exploiting the module, an attacker could remotely gain system privileges that would compromise data security. Users of Apache 2.2.14…


What Software is Installed on my Linux Dedicated Server?

From http://blog.domaincheck.net The contents of your dedicated Linux server depends on what kind of Linux distribution you are using: CentOS 4, CentOS 5, Fedora 2, Fedora 4, Fedora 6, Fedora 7 or Red Hat Enterprise 4. Below is an overview of the packages deployed with your server, prior to optional control panel installation. Dedicated servers…


Beginner’s Guide to Nmap

What is Nmap? Short for “network mapper,” nmap is a veritable toolshed of functionality to perform network scans. It can be used for security scans, simply to identify what services a host is running, to “fingerprint” the operating system and applications on a host, the type of firewall a host is using, or to do…


cPanel troubleshooting manual

Here is a cpanel troubleshooting pdf that outlines steps which can be taken to help in diagnosing cpanel issues. Troubleshooting Cpanel pdf


Cpanel tutorial videos

Here is a whole slew of cpanel tutorial videos for your enjoyment! HERE


Horde Maintenance Error Fix

If you are getting ‘MAINTENANCE’ when tying to click on Horde buttons, it is because you have maintenance turned on. To turn it off. Do the following. cd /usr/local/cpanel/base/horde/config/ To go the horde config directory. vim prefs.php Look for $_prefs[‘do_maintenance’] Should be a array variable with some options. Look in the array at the first…


Vim Screencast Tutorial #3 – Search, Find and Replace

From http://codebetter.com