If you haven’t seen it by now, ProxMox VE is a very nice easy to use virtualization solution based on Debian Linux and KVM/OpenVZ. KVM is used to provide full virtualization where you can take an ISO and make a complete virtual server. OpenVZ is a virtual container solution which essentially provides an OS environment [...]
Source: http://www.ghacks.net/2010/05/14/some-cool-linux-tipstricks/ Collaborate with the screen command Let’s say you and your co-worker are both working on debugging an application and your partner has run into a snag. Instead of having to march back and forth between offices, or leaving the comfort of your own chair (you lazy thing), you can log onto your co-workers [...]
To list all packages installed on the system, from a terminal prompt enter: dpkg -l rpm -qa Depending on the amount of packages on your system, this can generate a large amount of output. Pipe the output through grep to see if a specific package is installed: dpkg -l | grep apache2 rpm -q httpd [...]
Original article from: http://www.nickveenhof.be/blog/reverting-or-downgrading-php-53-52-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-1004 I’m adding it here because of a package addition and to save it for my use. So, you upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 but suddenly your old applications like Drupal do not work on PHP 5.3 anymore? What the hell? Without asking why it doesn’t work because we would only loose time [...]
PuTTY is a great SSH terminal progam for Windows. Using this tutorial you’ll be able to auto login to a remote server without being prompted for a username or password. Do NOT do this in a public machine. 1. Download PuTTY from http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.60-installer.exe 2. Install and then run PuTTYgen from the programs menu. 3. Select [...]
This tip came from a friend of mine: I thought you might find something I did useful. It grants root shell access via a browser using xinetd. Just DO NOT put it on a public box without securing the www.bash script first (firewall port 50000 through iptables, or acls in xinetd). It sets up an [...]
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