Archive for the ‘Tutorials’

  • Apache modules to help your server
    libapache2-mod-bw – bandwidth limiting module This module allows you to limit bandwidth usage on every virtual host or directory or to restrict the number of simultaneous connections. The bandwidth control, for example, can be configured according to the criteria: origin of the connection, file extension, file size or user agent of the client. Example: LoadModule...
    by Liz Quilty at November 27th, 2009 at 09:11 am
  • postfixadmin – mysql – errors
    A lot of people use postfixadmin, it means email users are in the database, its easy to use, easy to admin. However the setup can be a little tricky for those not used to it. If you want to have a go doing it yourself, there is a great tutorial here http://rimuhosting.com/knowledgebase/linux/mail/postfixadmin Today however we had the most exasperating problem trying...
    by Liz Quilty at November 5th, 2009 at 01:11 pm
  • Timestamps on your bash history
    Often Iv’ve seen boxes compromised, or commands run that we have no idea who did it and at what time. Its very frustrating, especially when we have no idea if a customer did it, one of the staff, or if a box was compromised. HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F-%R%t" now you can run the following command wishes@tulip:~$ history | tail -n 2 502 2009-10-15-11:26 vim...
    by Liz Quilty at October 15th, 2009 at 01:10 pm