Tag Archives: server

November, 2009

• 23 November

  Deny Access to Any Files

  Question: I have a set of files on my website with the extension .rpc. They are financial files, and I want to make sure that no one can access them from the web. Can i do that? Answer: On an Apache server, you can do just about anything, and .htaccess …
• 20 November

  Changing a User's Group in Linux

  Question: How do I add a user to a group in Linux? Answer: Now that you have created a new user, you may need to add the user to a special group. To accomplish that, follow these easy steps. 1. Login to your server via SSH. 2. Become root: su …
• 20 November

  Adding Users in Linux

  Question: How do I manually add a user on my Linux server? Answer: There are many reasons why you might want to add a user manually. Some scripts require their own special users with generic permissions to run them. Creating a user is actually very easy. Just follow these steps: …
• 19 November

  Grep: A Powerful Search Tool

  Grep is a powerful Linux tool that can make finding things much easier. If you have SSH access to your server and need to find something lost in your big mess of files, grep can help. A simple way to use grep is: grep "modern" /home/user/public_html/podcasts.opml This command will search …
• 19 November

  The "history" command in Linux

  If you spend a lot of time working from the command line on your server, you will undoubtedly grow tired of having to type the same ones repeatedly in a session. And if you are anything like me, you might grow tired of having to look up long strings of …
• 18 November

  Benefits of Using CSS

  There are many design benefits to using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), but there are also technical ones that any website owner or server administrator should consider. Originally, websites were mostly just text and images with no fancy boxes, menus, or other slick layout schemes. Over time people started getting more …
• 17 November

  Using the "ls" Command in Linux

  In Linux, few commands are more important when managing your file system than “ls”. On a server, it is very important to know how to view files and their properties. With “ls” you can view a simple list of files or any number of more complicated variations of the list. …
• 17 November

  Setting the Correct Date for Your Linux Server

  Question: My dedicated server is showing a different timezone than my home computer. How can I set it to be on my timezone. Answer: Generally speaking it does not matter if your remote server is on a different timezone. It will still function, but when scheduling maintenance, upgrades, and backups, …
• 13 November

  FXP: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

  FXP stands for File eXchange Protocol, and is a method of data transfer that allows a user to transfer files from one server to another, without going through the user’s computer or network. The Good: In essence it is the closest thing to server-to-server transfer without direct access and the …
• 11 November

  How to Disable "Register Globals" in PHP

  Many content management systems (CMS) like Joomla recommend users disable a PHP security feature called “register_globals”. The default setting for it is controlled by your server administrator. If you have a shared hosting account, however, you still might be able to override the default server settings. To accomplish this, create …