Covering tips that I find usefull
How to force qmail to process the outbound queue
If/When you get a DNS problem or other network issue that causes the queue to fail it will fill up at a fair speed. Use […]
Linux Admin
Remove DRWeb from plesk
DRWeb has been causing lots of problems on 3 servers. Here is how to remove it completely [sourcecode]rpm -qa | grep "drweb" | xargs rpm […]
Hosts file for blocking ads and other unwanted crap. speeds up browsing also
I used to use a hosts file supplied by a website that has now ceased operations. http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html however I found this new one from a […]
Upgrading to php 5.3 in Centos 5.6
Very simple to use repository at Atomic Corp. Thanks guys http://www6.atomicorp.com/channels/atomic/
Centos 5.6 with Three 3g Dongle ZTE MF112
I am setting up a developement laptop that will connect to the internet using a Three 3G modem. It is a ZTE MF112. This didn’t […]
Find and Replace across multiple files
[sourcecode] find /path/ -name ‘*.txt’ -print | xargs sed -i ‘s/find\/replace/g’ [/sourcecode] For example I recently needed to change the paths on 100’s of files […]
Changing the default output IP
If you want to change the outgoing IP address of your server use the following command. Execute this command # /sbin/ip route The output should […]
switch off open_basedir across all domains in a plesk server
I have a client who wants to turn off open_basedir as he using cross domain includes. I have recommend against doing this for security reason […]
Cleaning SpamDyke Log Table in plesk
The spamdyke_log_table gets very large very quickly. This slows down viewing from within the plesk panel. To clean up records older than 7 days use […]
qmail spammer clean up. senderbase problems, relaying and more
One of the clients on a server I manage used a very weak password on two mail accounts and both of these had been exploited […]