General help [command] –help – gives syntax for using that command man [command] – brings up the manual page for the command, if it exists man [command] > file.txt – dumps the manual page(s) for the command into ‘file.txt’ whatis [command] – gives a short description of the command. help – gives a list of [...]

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  The most important thing that came to light this year is how much Linux and FOSS drive the computer industry. It’s not the oldtime traditional commercial companies that are “driving innovation” as they like to say, and which makes me want to hit something every time I hear it because it’s such a big [...]

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Linux Security tests I would do the following: 1. Upgrade the kernel. The one you are running is slow, has bugs and has security vulnerabilities 2. Make sure you are an up to date compilation of httpd and php (i.e. rebuild it through WHM). 3. Check in WHM > Apache Status to see what the [...]

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From the creators of DWHS Web Hosting Comes EZ Linux Admin, a soon to be simple resource for key Linux options and admin tasks. Our goal is to simply provide the key options needed to run a secure, optimum, Linux machine. The official start date for this project is:  12/31/2007

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Help on any Unix command. RTFM!   man {command} Type man ls to read the manual for the ls command.   man {command} > {filename} Redirect help to a file to download.   whatis {command} Give short description of command. (Not on RAIN?)   apropos {keyword} Search for all Unix commands that match keyword, eg [...]

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Telnet Telnet allows you to login, albeit insecurely, to any remote machine running a telnet server. Telnet will allow you to open a shell and use simple command line unix tools on the remote machine. >telnet fred In this example, imagine you are telnetting to a machine named “fred”. Sometimes you may have to use [...]

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1) Stopping hackers 2) Stopping site snagging (offline viewing) 3) Stopping Hotlinking 4) Multiple Domain Names: Shared Members Areas Section 1) Stopping hackers The most common way of protecting your members only area is with, as I’m sure you know, a filed named .htaccess sitting in your server’s member’s folder. This file is used by [...]

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This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. For the kernel itself, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Linux Tux, the penguin, mascot of Linux Tux, the penguin, mascot of the Linux kernel OS family Unix-like Latest stable release 2.6.23.12 (Linux kernel) / 18 December 2007 Kernel type Monolithic [...]

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