Category Archives: Linux

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 →

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l Counts the number of processor lines

Ensure that the browser sends the Accept-encoding: gzip, deflate header Add the following to your .htaccess file: # compress text, html, javascript, css, xml: AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript AddOutputFilterByType … Continue reading →

Sometimes you gotta test outgoing email. If you have php installed, it is as easy as adding the following into a file called something like emailtest.php and executing with php emailtest.php. Check the email logs to ensure it went out. … Continue reading →

# to see the full CREATE TABLE statement and show table engine show create table table_name\G #To see full CREATE TABLE statement on all tables in a database export database=”dbname”;for table in `mysql -s –column-name=false -e “SHOW TABLES” $database`;do mysql … Continue reading →

So you want to copy a file in Linux? Easy enough. cp filename newfilename But sometimes it isn’t so easy… Say the file you want to copy begins with a . You can’t see these files unless you add -a … Continue reading →

” at top of paragraph, format this paragraph !} fmt -c ” for the whole file, format all paragraphs !G fmt -c “from here to the end of the file, format all paragraphs !$ fmt -c ” from anwhere in … Continue reading →

HARDWARE Document computer assets internal to organization Document external components like bridges, switches, routers, cables, and connectors Document redundancy setup for critical hardware and services DATA RESTORATION Document backup process to specify the following as a minimum: a) storage devices … Continue reading →