Wine makes it possible to run Windows programs alongside any Unix-like operating system, particularly Linux. Wine is an implementation of the Windows Application Programming Interface (API) library, acting as a bridge between the Windows program and Linux. When a Windows program tries to perform a function, Wine will translate that program’s instruction and make it suitable for Linux. The Wine development release 1.7.35 is now available. New features in this release: – Beginnings of support for OpenGL core contexts. – Initial support for glyph placement in DirectWrite. – Some more WBEM objects. – Various bug fixes.
Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA) is a powerful open-source backup solution designed to simplify enterprise backup management. It enables IT administrators to use a single master server to back up multiple systems across a network, including Linux, Unix, and Windows machines. AMANDA supports various storage options such as tape drives, disks, and optical media, making it a flexible choice for businesses of all sizes. Why Choose AMANDA Backup? AMANDA is widely adopted due to its ability to streamline and automate backup processes. Key advantages include: It is an ideal solution for organizations looking for a scalable and cost-effective backup system. Key Features of AMANDA Installing AMANDA Network Backup Installing AMANDA is straightforward on most Linux systems. Prerequisites Ensure …
FirewallD is a new firewall suite being introduced to Linux distribution. At present, the all-new popular CentOs 7 has it as the default firewall suite which in near future will be implemented in servers. FirewallD, as usual, was developed by the Fedora community and was implemented in the 20th version of the same. It is also being used in arch Linux and others till the date. FirewallD is a dynamic firewall, dynamic in the sense that any change in the firewall will be implemented as soon as the amendment is made. That is unlike the previous firewall suite (iptable) where no hard reset or restart is needed to implement the rule amended or included. Iptables is deprecated in the early …
Portsentry is a tool to detect port scans and log it. Once a host is targeted by an attacker, a port scan is almost always performed. PortSentry detects such scans by monitoring the unused ports on the host. Upon a connection attempt to one of the unused ports, PortSentry is alerted and has the ability to issue a number of commands in response to the scan. Installation # cd /usr/src/ # wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/sentrytools/files/latest/download
MariaDB is a high performance drop-in replacement for MySQL, developed by some of the original authors of the MySQL project. For years, MySQL has been the dominant open-source database management system (DBMS). Recently, MariaDB, the MySQL fork created by MySQL’s founder, has been making in-roads and websites like Wikipedia the world’s sixth most popular Web site, is shifting over from MySQL to MariaDB. Lets check how to replace MYSQL with MARIADB in a cpanel server Step 1: Backup existing MySQL data Before installing mariadb make sure to take backup of current mysql data
If you inspect your server’s error logs, you may see that many visitors (for the most part robots) constantly request access to things they should not be allowed to see. If you see that such access are suspicious and they are trying to spam your forum or hijack your mail program, you may need to deny access from those IP’s. Collecting such offending IP addresses by manually inspecting your logs across your site can become a full-time job. In such cases, you may block access to the site on Country basis (from which the suspicious access was observed) , given that the site have very few legitimate visitors from these regions. It can be done by using the mod_geoip apache …
Subversion (SVN) is an open source version control system. It helps you keep track of a collection of files and folders. Any time you change, add or delete a file or folder that you manage with Subversion, you commit these changes to your Subversion repository, which creates a new revision in your repository reflecting these changes. You can always go back, look at and get the contents of previous revisions. This article will help you for step by step setup SVN server on a cPanel/WHM server. Prerequisite 1. sqlite3 php module 2. Apache mod_dav module. Installing php sqlite3 module Run the following command in the server terminal #php -m | grep sqlite If the module is installed already, …
Spam emails are commonly referred to as unsolicited or junk emails sent in bulk without user consent. In a cPanel server running Exim, spamming usually occurs due to compromised accounts, vulnerable scripts, or improperly configured applications. Common Causes of Server Spamming Spamming generally happens in the following ways: General Fix for Spamming Issues Case 1: Spam Sent via PHP Script Step 1: Check Mail Queue Count A high number indicates possible spam activity. Step 2: View Recent Emails in Queue Step 3: Inspect Email Header Check the auth_id field to identify the account sending spam. Step 4: Locate the Spam Script Identify heavily used mail directories: Step 5: Disable the Script Step 6: Find Malicious IP Accessing Script Block the …
A new vulnerability has been found that potentially affects most versions of the Linux and Unix operating systems, in addition to Mac OS X. Known as the “Bash Bug” or “ShellShock,” the GNU Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain control over a targeted computer if exploited successfully. And because Bash is everywhere on Linux and Unix-like machines and interacts with all parts of the operating system, everyone anticipates that it will have lot of repercussions. How does Shellshock work? Shellshock exploits a flaw in how Bash parses environment variables; Bash allows functions to be stored in environment variables, but the issue is Bash will execute any code placed after the function in the environment variable …
Suppose that your Linux server has PHP version selector installed and configured. As you know alternative php5.x (while using PHP version selector) versions should load /opt/alt/php5x/etc/php.ini file and scan /opt/alt/php5x/etc/php.d directory for modules:: ==== Configuration File (php.ini) Path /opt/alt/php5x/etc Loaded Configuration File /opt/alt/php5x/etc/php.ini Scan this dir for additional .ini files /opt/alt/php5x/etc/php.d additional .ini files parsed /opt/alt/php5x/etc/php.d/alt_php.ini ==== Those are default locations for alt-php. Steps in installing pecl http package in cloudlinux platform: 1. Download the pecl_http package from pecl website http://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http and compile it. #wget http://pecl.php.net/get/pecl_http-2.0.4.tgz 2. Extract the package #tar -xvzf pecl_http-2.0.4.tgz 3. Now run the ‘phpsize’ command. The phpize command is used to prepare the built environment for a PHP extension #phpize 4. Proceed with the installation of …