Linux

Most of the howto’s or tutorials we came across about this problem all mention to install suphp and run php as a cgi through it. We weren’t happy with this solution, so we did something different. Basically the problem is: Plesk runs apache as “www-data:www-data” while the users are “username:psacln”. So, uploading via sftp or ftp will work fine, but when you go to install something from the control panel in Joomla, it will be installed as www-data:www-data....

Here’s a simple way of changing your Ubuntu server so it won’t be using the splash screen. Great for seeing console, if you’re not using VESA or just plain being old school. first: # sudo nano /etc/grub/menu.lst look for # defoptions= quiet splash change it to – important leave the # in the line. # defoptions= now just run the grub updating tool and you’ll start up without the splash...

For any of you using Nagios Administrator, and you’re native English speakers, the fact that it always defaults to German may irk you. Here’s how to do it. Thanks to h-w on the Nagios Portal Forums. # cd /var/www/nagiosadmin # cd apps/backend/config/ # nano i18n.yml and change the default_culture: de to default_culture: en # cd /var/www/nagiosadmin # ./symfony clear-cache Now you should be good to go and it will load up in english....

It’s easy, once you have nagiosadministrator installed, you’ll probably notice there’s no easy way to actually reach nagios. To add a quick button to the toolbar to do this, follow these steps: SSH to server running nagios/nagiosadministrator Go to your nagios administrator directory, ours is /var/www/nagiosadmin Now, edit the menu file # nano apps/backend/lib/topMenu.class.php Now, change the first class topMenu from this class topMenu { protected static $items = array( 'contact' => 'Contacts', 'contactgroup' => 'Contact Groups', 'os' => 'Operating Systems', 'service' => 'Services', 'hostgroup' => 'Host Groups', 'host' => 'Hosts', 'command' => 'Commands', 'template' => 'Templates', 'generator' => 'Generator' ); to this...

Here’s a little howto on merging multiple apache log files when you are migrating servers or want to consolidate your logs into one place. This works on ubuntu and debian, but your mileage may vary on other OS’s. Here’s the howto: Login to old server scp old log files over, to the admin home directory, in /logs # scp -r /home/username/logs/ <username@yournewserver>: If copying multiple directories, and you want to call them something other than logs do this:...