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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Themed days in support
I notice that we seem to have waves of support in various ways. One day we will start our shift and be totally overloaded the entire day, so busy that we end up doing a little extra after hours (posting … Continue reading
nginx hacking using proxy
It sucks getting hacked Every now and then servers get hacked. Often because of an exploitable webapp, or because (most commonly) a weak, easily guessable password was used on a well known user account (like 'root' or 'info' or 'test'). … Continue reading
David’s Handy Scripts – bandwidth usage – disk usage
I thought a useful addition to our blog might be a running series of handy scripts. Just for the sake of things (and because I couldn't find a better title), I'm calling the series "David's Handy Scripts". I'll get this … Continue reading
Posted in Rimuhosting
Tagged bandwidth, disk, handy, iptables, script, stats, usage, useage
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Ubuntu 9.04 bug with networking directory creation
We had a customer email in after updating to Jaunty recently. They said the following Hi guys, I upgraded my VPS a little while back to Ubuntu Jaunty (because I was several versions out of date and the apt repositories … Continue reading
Fixing apache file and directory permissions
I've seen this problem a few times, people having trouble getting the permissions right for websites. Heres a quick fix that will sort you in most cases For directories run find /path/to/domain/public_html/ -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755 … Continue reading
Introduction to the new Linux Sysadmin
Recently we have had a few support requests come through from people who are new to Linux, and are unsure how to maintain a server at all. Package Management If your Linux distro is RedHat based (ie Centos, , then … Continue reading
Posted in Rimuhosting, Security
Tagged apt-get, dpkg, firewall, packages, rpm, sysadmin, yum
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Chrome OS and Linux
I had high hopes for netbooks bringing about an increased mindshare for Linux for ordinary users. This didn't quite pan out unfortunately and it's nigh impossible to find a Linux netbook at a brick and mortar store these days. Users … Continue reading