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Apache Web Server Security Configuration If you are thinking of moving to a self managed service one of the really important things is that you think heavily about security, especially of anything exposed to the web. If you have apache running then it's crucial to...
Update Jan 2 2014: I migrated away from Dreamhost to a VPS at Rackspace hosting. I have to admin the Rackspace VPS myself (meaning the Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP environment is my problem to maintain) but the uptime and performance of the small 512 MB RAM VPS I...
Install wine (yum install wine or apt-get install wine ) Download and install the Windows version of Acrobat reader: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/ (I chose the .exe version for the download) Install it using wine. My Install of Acrobat Reader X for...
How to upgrade your BIOS using a DOS Boot CD Loaded with DOS BIOS Utils http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html Now here's the genius stuff: How to upgrade your BIOS using DOS Boot CD and DOS BIOS Utils...
I haven't been able to get IE9 (x64) working with OWA 2003 running against an (x32) SBS 2003 Server. There doesn't seem to be any back end updates to make it work. So I'm un-installing IE9 (Despite it being the most standards compliant IE ever) When you go to...
I just moved this domain and a few others over to a Dreamhost VPS (Virtual Private Server). I have Wordpress, Gallery 3 and Piwik installed, plus several Joomla sites. To give you an idea of traffic affecting the VPS this Blog get's between 200 and 300 unique visitors...
Been a long while since I upgraded MS office so the jump from 2003 to 2010 has come as a supprise. 2003 65535rows x 256columns 2010 1048576rows x 16384columns A big step up. Only thing I noticed is if Office 2010 is in "Compatability Mode" meaning it's running to...
Firstly you need to install the correct package to have the make-ssl-cert command available: sudo apt-get install ssl-cert Then do the following as root or prepend sudo to each command: Create a self-signed certificate using the make-ssl-cert utility make-ssl-cert...
Just recently I discovered a problem caused by a trial software install. Files in /usr had been changed to be owned by someone other than root. (postgres). I did try to fix the problem by running chmod root:root /usr -R But I'm not confident that everything is now...