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For those of you power users and server admins that use Bash, ksh, csh, vanilla sh, etc.., or if you are just passionate about shell scripting,
Ultimate BASH Power Prompt Customized for Web Servers and utilizing window-title updates, history saving, terminal color resets, and more.
Apr 13, 2010 Super-optimized 256color BASH Prompt. Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt » Super-optimized 256color BASH Prompt. Super-optimized 256color BASH
Create a customized bash shell environment with this .bash_profile when using DreamHost Customized Bash Shell Environment Webmasters often use SSH to
bash power prompt screenshot. bash power prompt PS1. This entry was posted on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 1:32 AM and is filed under .
Jul 4, 2008 Bash Shell Script for Encrypted WordPress Backups.
You may however be able to do stuff like /bin/bash -c "cd ../../;mv this there;ls -la;"or you could try exporting your current dir or something.
Apr 19, 2009 This bash shell script searches in a directory you specify for any files containing a string and replaces that string with another string. www.askapache.com/;search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html
Jul 8, 2007 Custom Webmaster Shell Environment » DreamHost Customized Bash Shell Environment. DreamHost Customized Bash Shell Environment ScreenShot 2
bin/bash -l set -o xtrace renice -p $$ 15 pkill -9 tee\|ccze &>/dev/null || echo -n Tags:Apache, askapache, bash, CCZE, debugging, Elite, error log,
bash power prompt PS1 This amazing bash linux prompt does more than meets the . binbash source ~bash_profile &devnulll pmPM is a function to output nice
Bash Shell Script. This simple shell script is what I use, it downloads 4 different feedcount bin/bash umask 022 BASE="/home/askapache.com/i/feed"
Sep 30, 2008 I created a simple Bash shell-script to download the javascript files. All you need to do is modify the variables to save to your directory www.askapache.com/;serve-external-javascript-files-locally-for-increased-speed.html
Apr 19, 2009 Search and Replace bash shell script. PHP Session File Hacks ·Debugging Tools for Windows ·Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt
PHP Session File Hacks ·Debugging Tools for Windows ·Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt. The love of liberty is the love of others;the love of power is the love
At this point, Bash inherits these three file descriptors, and each command (child process) run by Bash inherits them in turn, except when you redirect the
bin/bash # SiteBack Version 3.3, 2008-12-17 # GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 # 12-17-08 - AskApache (www.askapache.com) umask 022 ### SHELL OPTIONS set
Shell Scripts for Dreamhost. Example shell scripts (bash or sh) that automate and easyate tasks from within the dreamhost ssh env
bin/bash # # GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 # 06-11-08 - AskApache (www.askapache.com) # # # .mysnapshot # |-- hourly.0 (one hour ago) # |-- nightly.0
bin/bash # Author:http://www.askapache.com # Version:1.2 # Date:04-08-2009 # If the command used to login to ssh correctly starts with 'rsync --server'
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Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt Ultimate BASH Power Prompt Customized for Web Servers and utilizing windowtitle updates history saving terminal color resets
Tags:403 Forbidden, Apache, askapache, bash, bash_profile, Blocking, Firefox, GET, Google, Htaccess, HTTP Headers, Prompt, Robot, robots, Security, server,
bin/bash # Version 1.0 by AskApache 5/29/2008 shopt -s extglob renice 19 $$ OLDSERVER=208.113.183.103 NEWSERVER=208.113.134.190 FIXFILES=$(grep -R -l -i
I can code in plenty of languages (bash, lua, windows .bat and vbs, ocaml, big fan of all things shell) and can work my way through C and even sorta
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bash-3.00$ telnet www.webperformance.org 80 Trying 24.60.234.27Connected to www.webperformance.org (24.60.234.27). Escape character is '^]'.
Apr 12, 2010 Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt » 256 color prompt. 256 color prompt_command and PS1 Super-optimized 256color BASH Prompt
Jan 16, 2008 Tags:403 Forbidden, Apache, askapache, bash, Blocking, debugging, DNS, DreamHost, error log, grep, Htaccess, htaccess files, ip abuse,
Runs 'bash'as a best-effort program with highest priority. ionice -c2 -n0 bash. Returns the class and priority of the process with PID 89 ionice -p89
bin/bash DATE1=`date | awk '{print $3}'` DATE2=`date | awk '{print $2}'` DATE3=`date | awk '{print $6}'` THEDATE="${DATE1}${DATE2}${DATE3}"
Apr 22, 2010 Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt PHP Session File Hacks ·Debugging Tools for Windows ·Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt
Dec 16, 2007 Tags:Apache, askapache, bash, curl, DreamHost, filesystem, GET, Hacking, Linux, Nice, PHP, Port, post, Python, ram, Scripts, Shell,
Sep 22, 2007 PHP Session File Hacks ·Debugging Tools for Windows ·Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt. The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love
Nov 22, 2008 I just hacked together a bash shell script that downloaded each version, unpacked it, and also installed/built them, all autopilot baby. www.askapache.com/;htaccess-plugin-blocks-spam-hackers-and-password-protects-blog.html
Tags:401, Apache, askapache, ASP, Backups, Bandwidth, bash, bash_profile, Boot, compression, curl, Defrag, Email, encryption, filesystem, Firefox, Flash,
HOWTO:Uninstall CPANEL over SSHCrazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt » ·Questions I Ask Web Hosting Companies, Before Buying. I'm always on the lookout for cheap
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Oct 20, 2008 PHP Session File Hacks ·Debugging Tools for Windows ·Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt. The love of liberty is the love of others;the love of
Debugging Tools for Windows. FREE THOUGHT FREE SOFTWARE FREE WORLD. « Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt ·Debugging Tools for Windows
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Tags:Apache, askapache, Backups, bash, debugging, encryption, GET, GPG, grep, Linux, mysql, Nice, password, PHP, phpBB, Renice, Security, Shell,
Tags:admin, Apache, Bandwidth, bash, Bottleneck, Cache, Cache-Control, caching, compression, DNS, feed, File System, GET, Htaccess, HTTP Headers, httpd,
Apr 15, 2010 PHP Session File Hacks ·Debugging Tools for Windows ·Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt. The love of liberty is the love of others;
Mar 9, 2009 Crazy POWERFUL Bash Prompt ·Questions I Ask Web Hosting Companies, Before Buying ·Uninstalling CPANEL, A Guide
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Some super cool bash commands in this post.. let's start with one to find all the files and folders on your machine owned by cpanel.
It is amazing to me how so many people in this thread bash the author's professionalism in one aspect or another and then proceed to discredit themselves by
bin/bash ### Bind temporary directories to /dev/shm ### # I do this instead of mounting tmpfs on the # # directories, so less memory gets wasted.
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This amazing bash linux prompt does more than meets the eye. If you want to know how to become really good with technology, linux is the secret sauce behind the AskApache articles. Open Source is elixir of the web. Thanks to everyone who helped me for the past 20 years. I use linux/bsd because homey don’t play, so this is geared to be as productive a prompt as I can make it.
Don’t have much time.. or just don’t care? Not a problem, here are the 3 lines to copy and paste – you can just paste them right in your shell to test it, or add to a startup script.
export AA_P="export PVE=\"\\033[m\\033[38;5;2m\"\$(( \`sed -n \"s/MemFree:[\\t ]\\+\\([0-9]\\+\\) kB/\\1/p\" /proc/meminfo\` / 1024 ))\"\\033[38;5;22m/\"\$((\`sed -n \"s/MemTotal:[\\t ]\\+\\([0-9]\\+\\) kB/\\1/p\" /proc/meminfo\`/ 1024 ))MB\"\\t\\033[m\\033[38;5;55m\$(< /proc/loadavg)\\033[m\";echo -en \"\""
export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;((\$SECONDS % 10==0 ))&&eval \"\$AA_P\";echo -en \"\$PVE\";"
export PS1="\\[\\e[m\\n\\e[1;30m\\][\$\$:\$PPID \\j:\\!\\[\\e[1;30m\\]]\\[\\e[0;36m\\] \\T \\d \\[\\e[1;30m\\][\\[\\e[1;34m\\]\\u@\\H\\[\\e[1;30m\\]:\\[\\e[0;37m\\]\${SSH_TTY} \\[\\e[0;32m\\]+\${SHLVL}\\[\\e[1;30m\\]] \\[\\e[1;37m\\]\\w\\[\\e[0;37m\\] \\n(\$SHLVL:\\!)\\\$ " && eval $AA_P
Tags: .bashrc, 404 Not Found, admin, Advanced, Apache, askapache, bash, bash_profile, CommandLine, Dig, Examples, Forms, GET, grep, HowTo, Kung-Fu, Linux, Login, mysql, Port, Prompt, PROMPT_COMMAND, PS1, Putty, ram, Redirect, server, servers, Shell, Shell History, SPEED, SSH, SSI, stat, trick, Username, Web Hosting
Posted in Apache, DreamHost, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Making Money, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting, Webmaster, WiredTree | Published on 05/25/2010 |7 Comments »
The following is just a quick reference of some of the commands I used to uninstall cpanel. This is for advanced users of the shell. If you aren’t that advanced and you run a single one of these commands without fully understanding it, you will probably kill your server, probably lose everything on it permanently, probably not have a website or email for weeks.. So backup all your data FIRST. Also, if you aren’t 100% sure you won’t run into problems, you should contact your hosts technical support – but be prepared for some MAJOR negativity.. cpanel makes things very easy for hosts, and the last thing tech support wants is to fix a server broken by someone who doesn’t know what they are doing.
Tags: askapache, centos, Cpanel, cpanel uninstall, kill cpanel, linux find, uninstall cpanel
Posted in Apache, DreamHost, Hacking, Linux Unix BSD, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting, Webmaster, WiredTree | Published on 04/24/2010 |No Comments »
#### No https except to wp-admin -
# If the request is empty ( implies fopen or normal file access by a php script )
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^$ [OR]
# OR if the request if for wp-admin or wp-login.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(wp-admin|wp-login\.php).*$ [NC,OR]
# OR if the Referer is https
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https://www.askapache.com/.*$ [NC]
# THEN skip the following rule, basically all this does is force https or badhost to be redirected
# BUT because of the above 3 rewritecond's, this won't break poorly written admin scripts
RewriteRule .* - [S=1]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.askapache\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.askapache.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(wp-admin/.*|wp-login\.php.*)\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
Tags: AddHandler, Apache, Backups, Block IP, Cache-Control, cheatsheets, developers, errordocument, etag, htaccess tricks, http cookie, indexes, Mod_Security, open source, password protection, real world, rewritecond, rewriterule, Source Code
Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, Cache, DreamHost, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, SEO, Security, Server Administration, Web Hosting, Webmaster | Published on 04/17/2010 |4 Comments »
NOT a typo.. 30x is measurable, well-documented, and easily tested. This is what open-source is about. I haven’t had time to post much the past year, I’m always working! So I wanted to make up for that by publishing an article on a topic that would blow your mind and be something that you could actually start using and really get some benefit out of it. This is one of those articles that the majority of web hosting companies would love to see in paperback, so they could burn it.
Tags: Advanced, Apache, askapache, Backups, Bandwidth, Boot, Cache, chmod, console, devshm, DreamHost, File System, filesystem, grep, Hard Drive, HowTo, HTTPS SSL, ionice, Linux, memory bandwidth, mysql, Private Server, ram, rsync, Scripts, Security, server, servers, Shell, shell script, SLRAM, SPEED, speed improvements, SSI, stat, SymLinks, tmpfs, trick, Vulnerability, Web Hosting, webhosts, WordPress, WP-Super Cache
Posted in Apache, Cache, DNS, DreamHost, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, PHP, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Design, Web Hosting, Web Tools, Webmaster, WiredTree, WordPress, WordPress Plugins | Published on 03/18/2010 |7 Comments »
Ok I just came back up to write the intro.. I’m trying to keep it short to avoid getting bogged down by the coolness of each step. Here is what goes on. When I logon to my XP machine at work, I bring my usb key and plug it in first. On logging a window pops up first and it’s a password prompt to mount my encrypted drive leonardo. It also checks a keyfile that is located on my usb key, but all I do now is type in my password. That causes my encrypted folder to be accessible to me like a normal drive, and it autoruns a startup batch file.
The batch file causes Portable versions of Firefox (all my bookmarks, my settings) to load, and launches Portable Mozilla Thunderbird (IMAP makes this work well), which is my favorite program (great GPG features and open-source!). Also Some Adobe CS4 software is loaded from the hard drive, like DreamWeaver. In the background, a service we created executes a PortaPuttY plink command to create forwarded tunnels from various remote servers and accounts, all using key-based encryption. These tunnels are automatically reconnected if they are disconnected, meaning you can use a socks 5 if you want or even better!
Part 1 of 5
Tags: 401, Apache, askapache, ASP, Backups, Bandwidth, bash, bash_profile, Boot, compression, curl, Defrag, Email, encryption, filesystem, Firefox, Flash, GET, Google, GPG, Hard Drive, ionice, Linux, Login, Nice, PageDefrag, password, Performance, Pipelining, Plink, Port, post, Prompt, Putty, ram, rsync, Security, server, servers, Shell, SOCKS, SPEED, SSH, SSH Tunnels, SSI, stat, trick, TrueCrupt, tutorial, USB Drives
Posted in Apache, Cache, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Making Money, Security, Web Design, Web Hosting, Web Tools, Webmaster, WiredTree | Published on 02/23/2010 |7 Comments »
To prepare for several upcoming articles on AskApache that are focused on optimizing Servers and Sites from a server admin level, here is an article to introduce the main tools that we will be using. These tools are used to optimize CPU time for each process using nice and renice, and other tools like ionice are used to optimize the Disk IO, or Disk speed / Disk traffic for each process. Then you can make sure your mysqld and httpd processes are always fast and prioritized.
Tags: 503, Advanced, Apache, askapache, Backups, Bandwidth, bash, Blocking, Boot, Bottleneck, caching, compression, CPU, CSS, curl, Disk IO, DNS, Examples, feed, fifo, GET, httpd, ionice, iostat, Javascript, Linux, mysql, Nice, Optimization, pagefile, Performance, Perl, PHP, Port, ram, Renice, Round Robin, rsync, Scripts, Security, server, servers, Shell, shell script, Shell Scripting, Socket, SPEED, SSH, SSI, stat, taskset, trick, Ulimit, Web Hosting, WordPress, wp-config.php
Posted in Apache, Cache, Featured, Linux Unix BSD, Review, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting, Webmaster | Published on 10/10/2009 |3 Comments »
Ever wanted to execute commands on your server through php? Now you can. I’m calling this file (see below) shell.php and it allows you to run commands on your web server with the same permissions that your php executable has.
Tags: 302 Redirect, 403 Forbidden, Ajax, Apache, Apache Htaccess, askapache, Backups, bash, chmod, console, errordocument, Flash, GET, Hacking, Htaccess, htaccess tutorial, HTTP-EQUIV, Javascript, Linux, Login, Mod_Rewrite, password, PHP, Port, ram, Redirect, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Scripts, Security, server, Shell, shell console, shell script, Shell Scripting, SSI, stat, tutorial
Posted in Ajax, DreamHost, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Javascript, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, PHP, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting, Web Tools, Webmaster | Published on 06/13/2009 |15 Comments »
Sometimes there is an urgent need for creating an exact duplicate or “mirror” of a web site on a separate server. This could be needed for creating Round Robin Setups, Load-Balancing, Failovers, or for just plain vanilla backups. In the past I have used a lot of different methods to copy data from one server to another, including creating an archive of the whole directory and then using scp to send the file over, creating an archive and then encrypting it and then sending that file over using ftp, curl, etc., and my persistence at learning new ways to do things has paid off because now I use rsync to keep an exact replica of the entire directory on an external server, without having to use all the CPU and resources of other mirroring methods.
Tags: admin, Apache, askapache, Backups, Bandwidth, bash, chmod, compression, curl, debugging, DreamHost, Email, encryption, Forms, GET, Gmail, HostGator, HTTPS SSL, Linux, Login, Logs, password, PHP, Port, ram, Round Robin, rsync, Security, server, Shell, shell script, SPEED, SSH, SSH Tunnels, SSI, stat, WordPress
Posted in Apache, Featured, Linux Unix BSD, Security, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting | Published on 04/10/2009 |2 Comments »
Skip this – still under edit
I discovered these tips and tricks mostly while working as a network security penetration specialist hired to find security holes in web hosting environments. Shared hosting is the most common and cheapest form of web-hosting where multiple customers are placed on a single machine and “share” the resources (CPU/RAM/SPACE). The machines are configured to basically ONLY do HTTP and FTP. No shells or any interactive logins, no ssh, just FTP access. That is when I started examining htaccess files in great detail and learned about the incredible untapped power of htaccess. For 99% of the worlds best Apache admins, they don’t use .htaccess much, if AT ALL. It’s much easier, safer, and faster to configure Apache using the httpd.conf file instead. However, this file is almost never readable on shared-hosts, and I’ve never seen it writable. So the only avenue left for those on shared-hosting was and is the .htaccess file, and holy freaking fiber-optics.. it’s almost as powerful as httpd.conf itself!
Most all .htaccess code works in the httpd.conf file, but not all httpd.conf code works in .htaccess files, around 50%. So all the best Apache admins and programmers never used .htaccess files. There was no incentive for those with access to httpd.conf to use htaccess, and the gap grew. It’s common to see “computer gurus” on forums and mailing lists rail against all uses and users of .htaccess files, smugly announcing the well known problems with .htaccess files compared with httpd.conf – I wonder if these “gurus” know the history of the htaccess file, like it’s use in the earliest versions of the HTTP Server- NCSA’s HTTPd, which BTW, became known as Apache HTTP. So you could easily say that htaccess files predates Apache itself.
Once I discovered what .htaccess files could do towards helping me enumerate and exploit security vulnerabilities even on big shared-hosts I focused all my research into .htaccess files, meaning I was reading the venerable Apache HTTP Source code 24/7! I compiled every released version of the Apache Web Server, ever, even NCSA’s, and focused on enumerating the most powerful htaccess directives. Good times! Because my focus was on protocol/file/network vulnerabilites instead of web dev I built up a nice toolbox of htaccess tricks to do unusual things. When I switched over to webdev in 2005 I started using htaccess for websites, not research. I documented most of my favorites and rewrote the htaccess guide for webdevelopers. After some great encouragement on various forums and nets I decided to start a blog to share my work with everyone, AskApache.com was registered, I published my guide, and it was quickly plagiarized and scraped all over the net. Information is freedom, and freedom is information, so this blog has the least restrictive copyright for you. Feel free to modify, copy, republish, sell, or use anything on this site ;)
Tags: .htaccess examples, 301 Redirect, 302 Redirect, 401, 403 Forbidden, 404 Not Found, 500, 503, admin, Advanced, Apache, Apache Htaccess, apache ssl, askapache, ASP, authorization, Backups, Bandwidth, bash, Blocking, Boot, Cache, Cache-Control, caching, cheatsheet, chmod, code snippets, compression, Cookies, CSS, debugging, DreamHost, Email, error log, errordocument, Etags, Examples, experiments, feed, FeedBurner, File System, FilesMatch, filesystem, Firefox, Flash, Forms, GET, Google, Hacking, hotlinking, HowTo, Htaccess, htaccess files, htaccess guide, htaccess rewrite, htaccess tricks, htaccess tutorial, Htpasswd, HTTP Error, HTTP Headers, HTTP-EQUIV, httpd, httpd.conf, HTTPS SSL, hyper text transfer protocol, If-Modified-Since, Javascript, Last-Modified, Linux, Login, Logs, mad skills, mod_include, mod_python, Mod_Rewrite, Mod_Rewrite examples, Mod_Security, Mod_Setenvif, mysql, Nice, nsa, password, password protection, PDF, Performance, Perl, PHP, php.ini, phpinfo, Port, post, Powweb, Prompt, Python, ram, Redirect, Redirection, Request Method, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Robot, robots, Sample .htaccess, Scripts, Security, SEO, seo secrets, server, server config, servers, SetEnvIf, Shell, Socket, Source Code, SPEED, SSH, SSI, stat, SymLinks, trick, tutorial, ultimate htaccess, Username, Web Hosting, WordPress
Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, Cache, DreamHost, Featured, Google, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, SEO, Security, Web Design, Web Hosting, Web Tools, Webmaster, WordPress | Published on 01/10/2009 |66 Comments »
Unix file permissions are one of the more difficult subjects to grasp.. Well, ok maybe “grasp” isn’t the word.. Master is the right word.. Unix file permissions is a hard topic to fully master, mainly I think because there aren’t many instances when a computer user encounters them. I’ve done a lot of research on it the past couple weeks… and now here’s everything I’ve learned so far.. cuz you guys AskApache Regs Rock!
Tags: 301 Redirect, 302 Redirect, 401, 403 Forbidden, 404 Not Found, 500, 503, Apache, askapache, ASP, Backups, bash, bash_profile, Cache, chmod, Dig, DreamHost, fifo, File Permissions, File System, filesystem, Fsockopen, GET, Hacking, Htaccess, httpd, Linux, Login, password, Perl, PHP, php.ini, Port, Python, ram, Scripts, Security, server, servers, Sessions, Shell, Socket, Source Code, SSH, SSI, stat, trick, umask, Web Hosting
Posted in Apache, Featured, Hacking, Linux Unix BSD, PHP, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting, Webmaster | Published on 11/19/2008 |5 Comments »
One way I speed up AskApache.com is by downloading external third-party javascript files to host on my own server instead of externally. In addition to the obvious speed boost, this lets you configure the caching and compression settings for the files.
Tags: Advanced, Analytics, Apache, askapache, bash, Cache, caching, compression, curl, debugging, DNS, Google, Google Analytics, Htaccess, Javascript, Mod_Rewrite, Nice, Pipelining, Port, Renice, Rewrite Tricks, Scripts, server, servers, Shell, shell script, Shell Scripting, SPEED, SSI, umask, Web Hosting
Posted in Apache, Cache, Javascript, Linux Unix BSD, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting | Published on 10/01/2008 |5 Comments »
Scrolls the latest log entries for multiple log files to the current screen or to any other monitor or TTY in color using syntax highlighting, making debugging easier and saving a lot of time for multi-monitor workstations.
Tags: Apache, askapache, bash, CCZE, debugging, Elite, error log, Examples, fifo, GET, Htaccess, htaccess files, httpd, Linux, Logs, Mod_Security, Nice, Perl, PHP, php.ini, post, ram, Redirect, Redirection, Renice, Security, server, Shell, Shell History, shell script, SPEED, SSH, SSI, stat, SymLinks, trick, Web Hosting
Posted in Apache, DreamHost, Featured, Hacking, Linux Unix BSD, PHP, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting, Web Tools, Webmaster | Published on 08/09/2008 |3 Comments »
Enter your DOMAIN_ROOT and the location of your wp-config.php or config.php, and this script finds all the mysql settings by parsing the phpbb or wordpress config file, then creates GPG encrypted backups, and saves your settings for future automation.
Tags: Apache, askapache, Backups, bash, debugging, encryption, GET, GPG, grep, Linux, mysql, Nice, password, PHP, phpBB, Renice, Security, Shell, shell script, umask, WordPress, wp-config.php
Posted in DreamHost, Featured, Linux Unix BSD, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting, Webmaster, WordPress, phpBB | Published on 08/04/2008 |1 Comment »
This simple unix shell script automatically creates backups of a specific folder at regular hourly, nightly, weekly, and monthly intervals. Instead of the usual method for copying directory trees using tar with fifo, pipes, rsync, or NFS methods this script uses cpio which is much much faster and has cool options like saving m/a/c times, symlinks, relative paths, and weird file names.
Tags: Apache, askapache, Backups, bash, chmod, DreamHost, fifo, GET, Hacking, Linux, Nice, Perl, Port, post, Private Server, Renice, rsync, Scripts, Security, server, servers, Shell, shell script, SymLinks, tutorial, Web Hosting
Posted in DreamHost, Linux Unix BSD, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting | Published on 06/12/2008 |1 Comment »
DreamHost PS gives you your own “virtual machine”, protecting your CPU and RAM on your physical machine for faster websites. Here’s what I like and dislike about DreamHostPS, and some of the issues and solutions for migrating.
Tags: 500, 503, Advanced, Apache, askapache, Backups, bash, Boot, caching, compression, DNS, DreamHost, errordocument, GET, Google, grep, Htaccess, htaccess files, httpd, HTTPS SSL, Linux, Login, Logs, Nice, password, Perl, PHP, Port, Private Server, Prompt, ram, Renice, Scripts, Security, server, servers, Shell, shell script, SSH, SSI, stat, Username, Web Hosting
Posted in DreamHost, Web Hosting | Published on 05/31/2008 |14 Comments »
So my blog as been rather quiet for almost a year now, and very few updates if any have been released for my Password Protection PLugin, my Google 404 Plugin, and definately not for my AskApache CrazyCache plugin, which I will be releasing last… So for all of you who’ve helped me out by sending me suggestions and notifying me of errors and sticking with it… Just wanted to say sorry about that, and thanks for all the great ideas.. Well, I’ve been sticking with it as well believe it our not. I manage to get free days once in a while, and then its time to jam.
3-Part article covering practical implementation of 3 advanced .htaccess features. Discover an easy way to boost your SEO the AskApache way (focus on visitors), a tip you might keep and use for life. Get some cool security tricks to use against spammers, crackers, and other nefarious sorts. Take your site’s error handling to the next level, enhanced ErrorDocuments that go beyond 404′s. 
