How to Securely Erase Files on Linux
To securely wipe (shred) files on a Linux system simply change directories (cd) to the directory you would like to wipe then run: $>find -type f -execdir shred -u ‘{}’...
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Lost MySQL Password
If you have accidentally lost or mis-placed your MySQL password, you may reset it as follows: 1. Login to your server as root. 2. Stop MySQL: /etc/init.d/mysqld stop 3. Start...
Mount the /tmp partition with ‘noexec’ and ‘nosuid’ options
On Linux servers (especially web servers) it is recommended to create /tmp as separate partition and mount it with ‘noexec’ and ‘nosuid’ options. ‘noexec’ disables the executable file attribute within...
How to change the default Plesk Control Panel port
By default Plesk uses TCP port 8443 to allow access to the control panel, for example: http://server1.domain.net:8443. For security reasons, its recommended to change the default port to a non-standard...
Installing PHP 5.2.x on CentOS
At the time of writing, PHP 5.1.6 is the “current” version shipped with CentOS 5.4. While I’m sure there is valid (?) reason for CentOS still distributing 5.1, many web...