Making Linux Easier
1. What is Linux? Linux is a free Unix-type operating system for computer devices. The operating system is what makes the hardware work together with the software. The OS is the interface that allows you to do the things you Continue Reading
EZ Linux Admin is a tool for showing simply how to administrate tasks with Linux. We go into several Linux flavors but primary focus on Centos the open source project started from Redhat employees. If you are looking for more Continue Reading
We are re-doing this page… Arrow Up: scrolls and edits the command history, press enter to activate. Shift+pgup: scrolls terminal output up Shift+pgdown: scrolls terminal output down CTRL-ALT+DEL reboots the system Shutdown -h now turns the system off CTRL C Continue Reading
A @ – Used in an email address, the @ sign joins a username on the left with the server that hosts the electronic mailbox. It is also sometimes used in defining mail exchange records (see MX Record). The @ Continue Reading
Here is a handy report on how to reset your root password if you have console access. How to recover your lost root password In CentOS, it’s possible to have the scripts that run from the initramfs debug the shell Continue Reading
The only way to do this is with root access to the cPanel core theme files. In paper_lantern, you can hide the icon by editing the theme config file. /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/paper_lantern/dynamicui.conf Search for remote MYSQL and remove the section there for Continue Reading
A lot of people get their root log in for their new SolusVM VPS and forget about the tools that are available in the SolusVM client area. Here is the SSL and standard VPS log in links. The log in Continue Reading
Fixing already provisioned VMs What about VMs already provisioned? First, the container must be powered off, then issue the vzctl set “VMID” –quotaugidlimit 1000 –save. Note that “VMID” is a placeholder for the container ID. Then start the container and Continue Reading
du -sh file_path Explanation du command estimates file_path space usage The options -sh are (from man du): -s, –summarize display only a total for each argument -h, –human-readable print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) To check Continue Reading
If your cPanel license is out of sync you just have to run this one command from the root of your server. This will update your cpanel license and resync it with the cpanel servers. /usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt
It’s easy to manually start your backups from the command line if your cpanel server. Just run this command. /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup –force
smartctl -q errorsonly -H -l selftest -l error /dev/sda Simply run this from root, if there is no output than you have not tripped SMART yet.
Is upgrading transparent? I’d say that it would be transparent for many, perhaps most. However, on one particular server that I manage for a client, the client had a ton of old Joomla 1.0, 1.5 and 2.5 sites. For whatever Continue Reading
Centos 6 and above now has an easy to use command to change the hostname of your server. Simple type: hostname (newhostnamehere) Replace (newhostnamehere) with what you want the hostname to be. It’s nice when things are actually simple, good Continue Reading