A journaling file system is a file system that logs changes that you make to a 'journal'. The journal itself is like a circular log that tracks, records and maintains…

Since a cron job lists the timeframe in which a task will run incrementally using the minute, hour, day, month and day of the week settings, it seems difficult to…

Here is a short how-to for PTR/RDNS 1. You must have reverse authority delegated to you from your hosting provider. Though common wisdom in forums says most providers do not…

MySQL Performance Tuning Primer Script This script takes information from "SHOW STATUS LIKE..." and "SHOW VARIABLES LIKE..." to produce sane recommendations for tuning server variables. It is compatible with all…

This dd command allows you to create an "empty" file of a specifically desired size. Creating these arbitrary heavy files, may be useful for testing purposes. Use the command below:…

This will give you a quick look at the php.ini file echo "< ?php phpinfo(); ?>" |php |less also, if you need to check if a specific module is installed…

I check my favorite blogs and sites nightly for new information and other shtuff regarding linux. One of the first sites I go to for news is popurls.com . I…