Category Archives: Linux

Quick answer: Put this in the user’s wp-config.php file: define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’); If you are having trouble updating the core wordpress, remember that no matter what the permissions are, wordpress needs it to be owned by apache:apache.

To redirect traffic from one db to another (as a temporary measure if you have multiple places in your app to change the login data) you might try this: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –dport 3306 -j DNAT … Continue reading →

Sometimes you have multiple php scripts that send email and want to find out which one sent a specific email. I followed the instructions here: http://www.iezzi.ch/archives/217 Worked like a charm.

To establish a subversion repository anew: svnadmin create /var/svn/myrepos svn mkdir -m “creating the trunk dir” file:///var/svn/myrepos/repo1 svn import -m “Adding first directory” /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/wordpress file:///var/svn/myrepos/repo1 **Note that if you don’t specify a directory to copy, subversion is happy to add … Continue reading →

Grep is a powerful tool. It can do many things well. It can also be used in conjunction with other tools. If you are new to grep, it is a supercharged search tool. The basic format of the command is: … Continue reading →

zend_mm_heap corrupted if php5.2. google for patch if php5.3 increase apc memory size in apc.ini

Add ACL for apache user: First see what ACLs exist already: root@server1 mysite.org]# getfacl /var/www/vhosts/mysite.org/uploads getfacl: Removing leading ‘/’ from absolute path names # file: var/www/vhosts/mysite.org/uploads # owner: user1 # group: user1 user::rwx group::rwx mask::rwx other::r-x default:user::rwx default:group::rwx default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x … Continue reading →

wget http://www.day32.com/MySQL/tuning-primer.sh sh tuning-primer.sh

The easiest way to redirect one site to another is by adding the following to the Virtualhost: Redirect 301 / http://newsite.com/ Note: When AllowOverride is set to allow the use of .htaccess files, Apache will look in every directory for … Continue reading →