Today we’ll be installing and testing out Solus on the desktop, specifically the ‘Budgie’ flavor of Solus. There are also options to download Solus GNOME or Solus MATE as well. [ … ]
Ubuntu exim4 vulnerability released
Ubuntu has released a security notice for exim4 today. That affects these versions: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS This vulnerability is for an issue in [ … ]
Clear out modsec hits list in WHM
WHM doesn’t currently have a way to clear out the modsec hit lists under ModSecurity Tools, but it is possible to clear that out by moving the existing database out [ … ]
Encode user and password into base64 using perl
perl -MMIME::Base64 -e ‘print encode_base64(“user”);’ perl -MMIME::Base64 -e ‘print encode_base64(“password”);’
Disable iptables on RedHat
To disable iptables on a Red Hat server, you can use this command to save the current rules first: [email protected] [/]# /etc/init.d/iptables save iptables: Saving firewall rules to /etc/sysconfig/iptables:[ OK [ … ]
Change the hostname in CentOS
To change the hostname in CentOS, you will first need to update the hostname line in the /etc/sysconfig/network file. HOSTNAME=example.randomlinux.com Once that is changed, you will want to add the [ … ]
Using chkconfig to start services on boot in Red Hat
In Red Hat distros such as CentOS, you are able to use the chkconfig command to have services start or not start when the machine boots. You will normally need [ … ]
Show Plesk Admin Password
If you are using Plesk on Linux, have root access and need to recover the admin password, you can view it in plain text using the following command. /usr/local/psa/bin/admin –show-password [ … ]
Using df to Show Disk Space Usage in Linux
To display the disk space usage for your drives in Linux, you are able to use the df command. By default, it will show the usage of all the mounted [ … ]
Whmcs security update
Whmcs has released a patch for the 4.x and 5.x versions of their software today that fix some security issues. They are not releasing the details of the security issue [ … ]
