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How To Schedule A One Time Restart on Your Ubuntu System Using The at Command

thebrok2 — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:32:00 +0000

The at command allows you to execute a command or a set of commands at a defined time. It is similar to a cron job except it is used for running the command or task just once.

How Linux is Built

thebrok2 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:14:24 +0000

5 Simple Steps to Configure WordPress To Use Permalinks On An Ubuntu Server

thebrok2 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:21:48 +0000

Having clean URLs for you wordpress website helps your visitors navigate your site easier as well as improve Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In this tutorial we will look at how to set this up on your WordPress site running on an Ubuntu server.

Here is an example. You can see the page URL is /?page_id=4

How To Manually Set DNS Server(s) On A windows 7

thebrok2 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:34:28 +0000

Sometimes you may want to use a different DNS server then the one that is handed out from your networks DHCP server. You can manually set this and the search domain in Microsoft Windows 7 by adjusting your network card settings. In this tutorial we will walk through manually setting DNS servers in Windows 7.

Simple Steps To Installing And Configuring A Website Using WordPress And Ubuntu

thebrok2 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:48:54 +0000

In this tutorial we cover how to install and configure WordPress on a Ubuntu server. I will assume you already have Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP), and phpMyAdmin running on your Ubuntu machine.

How To Find And Change Your Hostname On An Ubuntu System

thebrok2 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:05:30 +0000

In this tutorial we will look at how to change the hostname of your Ubuntu Linux system. The following steps will work both on the desktop and server platform.

How To Check What The Hostname is:

Open up a termnial or ssh into the machine that you want to check. Enter the following command.

Seven Easy Steps To Setting Up An Interal DNS Server On Ubuntu

thebrok2 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:49:20 +0000

Bind9 is used all across the internet for DNS. A survey shows that over 70% of DNS servers on the internet use Bind. In this tutorial we will setup a Bind9 DNS server for your home network with caching.

How To Restrict phpMyAdmin By IP Address

thebrok2 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:29:09 +0000

PhpMyAdmin is a great easy to use web admin interface for your mysql databases. The one down side is it can be a security threat. Seems like many bots on the internet just go looking for phpmyadmin installed on web servers. Then run automated attacks.

If you have logwatch installed you may often see many failed attemtps.

Monitor Apache Web Traffic In Real Time With The Command apachetop

thebrok2 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:56:17 +0000

In this tutorial we will have a quick look at the apachtop command. This is great for monitoring your webserver in a terminal or while SSHed into your system.

What is ApacheTop:

It is defined as a Realtime Apache monitoring tool. It basically watches your log files in realtime and displays the output. This can be real handy for trouble shooting as well as keeping an eye on what files are being accesses at that time.

How To Enable Multiple Language Keyboard Layouts In Gnome3

thebrok2 — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:38:06 +0000