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Changing Your SSH Key

Posted on June 2, 2017 by admin

Like changing password at times, it is good practice to change your SSH key at times. But updating all servers with your new SSH key can be time consuming. Here is what i done to change my SSH key. First

Copying files with rsync

Posted on June 1, 2017 by admin

Backup linux server with rsync MySQL Data Directory Backup with Rsync rsync is used to sync/copy files. If files are already present on destination, it will not copy files again, only changed or new files get copied when you run

How to find Ubuntu/Debian version

Posted on May 31, 2017 by admin

To find version of Ubuntu/Debian, you can run Example This way show exact point release, for example this is Debian 8.8. You can use lsb_release command to find more details, lets first install lsb_release if not already installed. Now run

Installing webmin on Ubuntu/Debian

Posted on May 30, 2017 by admin

webmin is a free control panel for linux servers. It is mainly used to manage linux servers. This is not a web hosting control panel. http://www.webmin.com/deb.html To install webmin on Debian/Ubuntu, first add webmain repo Add Install webmin GPG Key

Install Cpanel DNS Only Server

Posted on May 29, 2017 by admin

Before installing cpanel dns only, you need to update the server and install some software that maybe useful Now install Cpanel DNS Only Server with This may take some time to finish. Once install finished, login to http://your-server-ip:2086 See cpanel

pacman – Installing software in Arch Linux

Posted on May 28, 2017 by admin

packman is package management tool used in Arch linux. It is like yum on RedHat Linux, apt on Debian/Ubuntu. If you already familiar with yum, dnf or apt, arch linux wiki have list of equivalent commands for pacman https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Rosetta Update

pyCharm – Best Free IDE for Python

Posted on May 28, 2017 by admin

pyCharm Community Edition is best Free IDE for Python/Django. This is created by JetBrains, they make many popular IDE for differnt programming languages like IntelliJ IDEA for Java, phpStrom for PHP, AndroidStudio for Android development and more. https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/ PyCharm support

Proxychains – Route Traffic through proxy

Posted on May 28, 2017 by admin

proxychains is a command line program that allows you to route traffic through proxy. proxychains support all types of proxy servers. You can configure proxy servers in browser like firefox, but not all applications support proxy configurations, proxychains help you

Display Errors in PHP Script

Posted on May 26, 2017 by admin

Some web servers have PHP display_errors turned off by default for security reason. This is good for security, but make debug very hard. To display errors in PHP script, add following code to PHP script

Exim Mail Server

Posted on May 26, 2017 by admin

To list all mails in queue To see total number of mails in Queue, run To view body of a mail, run To see header of a mail, run To find scripts that send email in Cpanel server, run