We will use the mysqldump utility included with mysql to dump the contents of the database to a text file that can be easily re-imported. SYNTAX: mysqldump -h localhost -u root -pmypassword databasename > dumpfile.sql EXAMPLE: mysqldump -h localhost -u … Continue reading →

This script is about to build a firewall in Linux OS by using iptables, the user only needs to follow and answer the simple and easy steps and the script will generate the user specified iptables rule in its original … Continue reading →

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support. I do not issue any guarantee that … Continue reading →

Every time I connect to my Ubuntu development server through my ssh client, I receive the same message and I’m getting tired of seeing it, so I decided to change the message to something else. Here’s the message that I … Continue reading →

One of the great things about Linux is that you can do the same thing hundreds of different ways—even something as simple as generating a random password can be accomplished with dozens of different commands. Here’s 10 ways you can … Continue reading →

First, look in your /etc/xinetd.d/ directory and see if there’s a file named psa_ftp in there. If not, you might have to make this change in your /etc/xinetd.conf file. Open up the file as root, and look for the following … Continue reading →