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SolidServers.ca » Blog Archive » How to install mod_evasive on a DirectAdmin server
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Linux System Adminstration Blog / Tips / Tools. How to install mod evasive on a DirectAdmin server. Well, I figured I would post this for any DirectAdmin ( DA ) users out there that would like to use the power of mod evasive. The install is fairly close to a cPanel install, with a couple of little twists. This is geared towards a server running Apache2, if you are running Apache1, let me know if this worked for you! So, what is this mod evasive you speak of…? This method has worked well in both single-se...
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SolidServers.ca » Blog Archive » How to install mod_limitipconn on cPanel
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Linux System Adminstration Blog / Tips / Tools. Votes, average: 5.00. How to install mod limitipconn on cPanel. We are going to install mod limitipconn in order to limit the number of connections per IP on our server. This can be a very useful tool, as it could help in lowering the load on your server due to someone connecting too many times from the same IP. To get starting, we need to logged into our system as the root user, so please, do this now. Of course, we now need to extract them:. Do do this, w...
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Linux System Adminstration Blog / Tips / Tools. Votes, average: 3.67. Tuning / Tweaking MySQL. There are a couple of good scripts out there that will help you to tune your mysql usage for better perfomance. I’ve used both of these, and they are very intuative. Personally, I prefer the latter, however, I still use both for tweaking. Read the rest of this entry ». Date July 6th, 2009. Filed in Linux Tips. Votes, average: 5.00. How to install RKHunter. Read the rest of this entry ». Date June 30th, 2009.
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SolidServers.ca » -bash: mail: command not found
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Linux System Adminstration Blog / Tips / Tools. Votes, average: 5.00. For added security, I modified the .bashrc profile for any users that may have shell access, and added the following, so that when the user logs in, it sends out an email, letting you know that someone has logged in. Echo ‘ALERT – Root Shell Access (YourserverName) on:’ `date` `who` mail -s “Alert: Root Access from `who cut -d”(” -f2 cut -d”)” -f1`”. Of course, you need to modify the (Yourservername) and [email protected].
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SolidServers.ca » Blog Archive » Downgrading eAccelerator – cPanel
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Linux System Adminstration Blog / Tips / Tools. Votes, average: 4.50. Downgrading eAccelerator – cPanel. First things first though. If you have compiled Apache with the latest release of PHP, 5.3.1, you should stop now. The version of eAccelerator that we are downgrading to, does not support PHP 5.3. If you wish to downgrade your PHP version to 5.2.x, then you can follow this guide. One more note, please run EasyApache and uncheck. The option to have eAccelerator installed. Downloads] # ./configure.
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Linux System Adminstration Blog / Tips / Tools. Votes, average: 5.00. Available for Server Administration. I just thought that I would let everyone that may be interested, that I am available for one time, or continuous server administration. Prices do vary, and if you would like more information, please feel free to reply to this post or email me directly at:. Date October 9th, 2010. Votes, average: 5.00. Making a wise decision…. Http:/ www.traceroute.org. Date November 26th, 2008. Good site to bookmark.
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SolidServers.ca » Blog Archive » How to Secure your Server – Basic
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Linux System Adminstration Blog / Tips / Tools. How to Secure your Server – Basic. Here are some quick tips on how to secure your Linux server. This is only a short list, but, they are must do’s. Some of which are:. 1 Change ssh port (use keys if possible as well/allow only specific users). 2 Disable unneeded services. 3 Install a good firewall. 4 Disable dangerous / unused PHP functions / harden your PHP. 5 Install mod security. 6 Virus scan FTP uploads. 7 Install root kit detection. 1 Comment ».
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SolidServers.ca » Blog Archive » Scanning for unwanted files/code
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Linux System Adminstration Blog / Tips / Tools. Scanning for unwanted files/code. Here is a little code that I use to scan servers that I admin on for unwanted files. These include php shell’s and encoded files. You can add your own expressions as well. The expressions that I have listed are what I have found to most likely be in infected files. Here is the code itself:. Or, you can just display the contents of the file in your shell, using cat (cat /root/report). Posted in Linux Tips. No Comments ».