One of the main problems with security on directory trees for HTTPS servers if you allow the user that runs the server read/write access at all times you bound to get hacked. If you disallow write access to most but temporary, cache and uploads directory then your possibility of getting hacked is far less. I […]
Script to change permissions on directory tree with instructions read from a file Read More »
I use Nagios to watch over all of my server/systems, this is an excerpt from the fontpage: Nagios monitors your entire IT infrastructure to ensure systems, applications, services, and business processes are functioning properly. In the event of a failure, Nagios can alert technical staff of the problem, allowing them to begin remediation processes before
RRDTOOL – How to remove spikes Read More »
Prelink is a PITA. I removed it, read how and why I did this. Aide and Prelink I am using AIDE, prelink and AIDE do not like each other. I did some research on the Internet to find out whether prelink helps saving time starting up programs. There are many articles on the net including
I wanted to have a way to turn off the aircon in a server/printer room remotely using a Web Application and/or an executable via ssh and bash. I had to find a way to interact with the air conditioner via some device connected to a server (CentOS) so I could turn off/on the air conditioner
A simple Air Conditioner Controller using Linux Read More »
The image I use for “bash” articles contains a little bit of shell code that if used on the command line will hang your system, unrecoverably. Explanation A good place to start to understand the little piece of bash script in the image above is to RTFM (read the fine manual), in this case the
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