Extracting a .bz2 or .tar.bz2 file in Linux
If it’s .tar.bz2, then you can use Code: tar xjvf cornbread.tar.bz2 to extract it all at once. If it’s just .bz2, then use Code: bunzip2 spankythefish.bz2
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Citrix Xenserver – Expanding Local Storage
Twice now, I have had the (dis)pleasure of expanding our local storage on a couple of XenServer boxes. In a nutshell, here is how it works: 1. Expand physical disk (add more RAID members, ect). Use the procedure specific to your RAID card. 2. Use fdisk to expand the partition your Local Storage resides on: […]
Alternate Row Shading in Excel
One way to make your data legible is to apply cell shading to every other row in a range. Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature (available in Excel or later) makes this a simple task. Select the range that you want to format Choose Format, Conditional Formatting In the Conditional Formatting dialog box, select Formula Is from […]
Cpanel – Globally disabling the Email Catch-All feature
Spammers love nothing more than launching dictionary attacks on unsuspecting domains using the ‘catch-all’ feature. This causes multiple problems — the main issues are excessive server load, disk usage, and spam volume. The worse issue is that once spammers catch on to the fact your domain has a catch-all, they will launch spam campaigns with […]
Installing ImageMagick on Cpanel
It actually couldn’t be easier. Before you get yourself caught up in dependency hell and start breaking all kinds of things, try the following ‘all in one’ command: /scripts/installimagemagick
Cpanel / SuPHP Part 2 – Fix Ownership Issues
In addition to the correct chmod of files and folders (see part 1), you must ensure that all public_html files and folders have the correct (user and group) ownership. The following Perl code will eliminate nobody/root ownership. Place the Perl script into your /home directory and execute it. #!/usr/bin/perl -w my @dirs = grep -d,<*>; […]
How to update cpanel license to correct Invalid License File
If you get Invalid License File when you login to cpanel after a hostname or IP change you need to update your cpanel license file by: Login to shell and run the following from command line: /usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt
MySQL: How To Repair & Optimize All Tables in All Databases
The following command can be used to repair and optimize all tables in a MySQL database. This can be useful on a busy server with many tables after a hard reboot or otherwise unclean shutdown. mysqlcheck -u root -p –auto-repair –optimize –all-databases
Cpanel / SuPHP – chmod All Files 644, All folders 755
Cpanel w/suphp – how to fix and properly set permissions of all user files and folders so they execute properly.
Free Internet Radio
Work getting you down? Do what I do and listen to some internet radio without any commercials. One of the better sites I’ve come across is myfreenetradio.com http://www.MyFreeNetRadio.com