I use the Unattended Project to deploy various Windows 2003 server versions via PXE. The following describes how to get Unattended Linuxboot (tftp or pxe boot method) to properly compile on a CentOS5 based Linux system. The CentOS machine was deployed with minimum software packages, so your mileage may vary depending on what you already […]
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
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: […]
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 […]
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
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,<*>; […]
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
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 w/suphp – how to fix and properly set permissions of all user files and folders so they execute properly.
The following command can be used to create a .tar.gz archive, commonly referred to as a ‘tarball’ file. tar -pczf name_of_your_archive.tar.gz file1 file2 directory1 directory2 ect…