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Linux Server Tips

Tips on managing Linux web servers. Most of the linux commands will work with other unix operating systems like OpenBSD, FreeBSD.

Cpanel Server

• Cpanel Server Tips

General

• Allow Root Login
• Disable SELINUX
• How to change hostname in linux
• logrotate - rotates, compresses, and mails system logs
• CentOS, yum - Error: Could not find the GPG Key necessary to validate pkg
• Fedora C3, yum - Error: public key not available
• Deleting Large Number of files
• Linux Vs FreeBSD
• Shoutcast Installation
• eAccelerator (PHP Accelerator) Installation
• Installing Software in Debian Linux with apt- get
• Show Hidden Files
• Installing Software in Linux
• Disable PHP for a web site

Server Security

• Install Advanced Policy Firewall
• Install ModSecurity
• Disable Insecure Commands on Linux

Server Monitoring

• vmstat - Report virtual memory statistics
• Install System Integrity Monitor (SIM)

Errors

• post_create: setxattr failed,
• Apache not starting
• can't initialize iptables table `filter'
• Senmail Error - DSN: Data format error

General

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