All Linux distributions come with PHP. However, it is recommended to download latest PHP source code, compile and install on Linux. This will make it easier to upgrade PHP on an ongoing basis immediately after a new patch or release is available for download from PHP. This article explains how to install PHP5 from source […]
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How to: Install and configure DRBD on Ce...
How to: Install and configure DRBD on CentOS 6 DRBD® refers to block devices designed as a building block to form high availability (HA) clusters – Distributed Replicated Block Device This is done by mirroring a whole block device via an assigned network. Distributed Replicated Block Device can be understood as network based raid-1. So, […]
OpenVPN Installation and configuration o...
Step-by-step tutorial that will guide you through installing OpenVPN on CentOS 6.x server, Including all installation steps in screen shots demos, commands
PHP and Apache Installation on CentOS Ho...
PHP and Apache Installation on CentOS In this tutorial: how to install PHP and Apache on CentOS. CentOS comes with Apache v.2.2.3 and PHP v.5.1.6 and they are easily installed via the default CentOS Package Manager, yum. The advantage of using yum (as opposed to installing via source code) is that you will get any […]
How To: Reset MySQL Password
From time to time it happens that mysql password for root user gets lost and you are required to reset mysql password. here’s how it’s done: System Requirements: A Linux or Windows machine running mysql server. The following process will teach you how to reset mysql password for root user (or any other user) on […]
How To: Install Aircrack and Reaver on U...
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Strace Examples
Trace the Execution of an Executable You can use strace command to trace the execution of any executable. The following example shows the output of strace for the Linux ls command. $ strace ls execve(“/bin/ls”, [“ls”], [/* 21 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8c31000 access(“/etc/ld.so.nohwcap”, F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) […]