rkhunter perfect configuration Rumi, January 4, 2015January 4, 2015 Introduction Exposing any computer to the internet is in some ways risky. There are many ways that your server can be compromised or attacked by remote systems and malicious software, and it is an ongoing and proactive process to defend yourself against potential threats. One potential concern is rootkits. Rootkits… Continue Reading
Reset Zpanel Zadmin Password Rumi, December 25, 2014April 25, 2017 It’s a silly though, after updated from webGUI zpanel’s dashboard, the updated password wasn’t just working!!! So had to google a while and found the answer- keeping it for future reference- setzadmin -set password Note: In “password” area type “your new password” That’s it! Continue Reading
Add EPEL Repo to CentOS or SL 6 Rumi, November 24, 2014February 4, 2024 For 64 Bit rpm –import http://fedoraproject.org/static/0608B895.txt wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm For 32 Bit rpm –import http://fedoraproject.org/static/0608B895.txt wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm Additional Add Remi Repo rpm –import http://rpms.famillecollet.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi rpm -ivh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm yum install yum-priorities Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo… vi /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo Update: Feb-04-2024 Enable the EPEL Repository on CentOS 6.x, RHEL 6.x,… Continue Reading
Install Perfect Mail Server with ISPConfig and Horde 5.0 on Debian Wheezy- Part-2 Rumi, October 13, 2014October 13, 2014 Install necessary packages apt-get install php5-sasl php5-intl libssh2-php php5-curl php-http php5-xmlrpc php5-geoip php5-ldap php5-memcache php5-memcached php5-tidy Register the Horde Pear channel pear channel-discover pear.horde.org Set the Horde installation directory pear install horde/horde_role pear run-scripts horde/horde_role You'll be asked the following question: Filesystem installation for base Horde application: /var/www/horde You can… Continue Reading
Fixing Bind for Webmin Rumi, October 5, 2014 First get rid of bind-chroot (if it is installed!) yum -y remove bind-chroot edit /etc/sysconfig/named and remove/comment out any lines that look like ROOTDIR="/var/named/chroot" Fix the owner of /etc/named.conf with chown named:named /etc/named.conf In Webmin go to Servers > Bind DNS Server > Module Config and check the following configs Continue Reading
Bash Shellshock fix with scripts for Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS and other distros. including old Rumi, October 3, 2014December 19, 2014 First check if your Bash is vulnerable, execute the following command- env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable’ bash -c ‘echo this is a test’ If your system is vulnerable, you will see: vulnerable this is a test If your system is not vulnerable, you will see: bash: warning: x: ignoring… Continue Reading
Boot CentOS 5/6 as Single User Mode Rumi, August 3, 2014 Step 1 – Boot CentOS into Single User Mode – Hit Any Key Boot CentOS in Single User Mode – Press Any Key to Edit Boot Options Power up the machine and when you see this screen, hit the space bar or any other key before the timeout. Step 2… Continue Reading
Reinstall OpenSSH Server Rumi, June 21, 2014 First if you have any pre-installed SSH server that has gone bad, remove it- on Redhat Architechture Type the following commands as the root user: # chkconfig sshd off # service sshd stop # yum erase openssh-server You need to edit and update firewall rules that allows inbound connections to… Continue Reading
Increase file upload size limit in PHP-Nginx Rumi, June 9, 2014 To change max file upload size to 100MB Edit… vim /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini Set… upload_max_filesize = 100M post_max_size = 100M Continue Reading
SSH Public key based authentication Rumi, June 9, 2014September 3, 2017 Method-1: Create the cryptographic Key on FreeBSD / Linux / UNIX workstation, enter: ssh-keygen -t rsa Assign the pass phrase (press [enter] key twice if you don’t want a passphrase). It will create 2 files in ~/.ssh directory as follows: ~/.ssh/id_rsa : identification (private) key ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub : public key Use… Continue Reading