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If you want to open or close a port for a Linux firewall you have to edit the rules in the iptables configuration. By default iptables firewall stores its configuration at /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. You need to edit this file and add rules to open port.
Here are the steps to open the port XY using the default visual editor vi:
Open port XY
Open flle /etc/sysconfig/iptables:
# vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
Append rule as follows:
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ... More
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May 30th, 2011 @
10:41am More Posts in:
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This support solution is on installing a 32-bit app on a x64 system. Stated on the example of Java Development Kid installed on Fedora x64 bit.
There are three layers that are important when it comes to 32/64bit compatibility:
- Processor
- Operating System
- Application
A 32 bit OS will run on a 32 or 64 bit processor, without any problems.
A 32 bit software on a 64 ... More
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March 24th, 2011 @
01:08pm More Posts in:
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You can manage and create users with webmin by:
System/Users and groups/Create a new user
More information:
http://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/WebminUsers
If you want to add new domains, for example:
contact@domain1.com
contact@domain2.com
You need to add those domains to
/etc/mail/local-host-names
then in
/etc/mail/virtusertable
enter
contact@domain1.com john
contact@domain2.com sally
john and sally are local users
and rebuild config with
make -C /etc/mail/
More information:
http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/quick/sendmail.html
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March 21st, 2011 @
09:45am More Posts in:
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yum is software installation tool for Red Hat Linux and Fedora Linux. yum commands are typically run as yum <command> <package name/s>. By default, yum will automatically attempt to check all configured repositories to resolve all package dependencies during an installation/upgrade.
Here is a list of the most common and used yum commands:
yum list all
To list all packages that are available to use the yum command.
yum install <package name/s>
Used to install the latest version of ... More
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March 18th, 2011 @
12:50pm More Posts in:
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Here are three steps that are necessary for the FTP daemon to allow connections:
A non-root user must be created.
The vsftp daemon must be started, you can do this with "/etc/init.d/vsftpd start".
The firewall must allow port 21. You can add the firewall run in webmin or by editing /etc/sysconfig/iptables, then restarting the firewall with "/etc/init.d/iptables restart"
The ftp user will have permission in their home directory. In order for the ftp user to have permission to upload, create any folder or ... More
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March 14th, 2011 @
04:51pm More Posts in:
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If you try to access CPanel WHM via https://server.domain.com:2087/ and the error “There is a problem with this website's security certificate” comes up it can be because it uses a default SSL certificate loaded during the automated install and you need to update it with your personalized certificate.
To have a non-self-signed certificate you will need to create a certificate request using the domain and credentials you intend to connect with. Then upload that cert request to an SSL ... More
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March 10th, 2011 @
03:41pm More Posts in:
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When changing configuration settings in Apache using directives in .htaccess files make sure:
- The full directory content is listed with: ls -a to view hidden file that start with "."
- ensure Apache can use .htaccess, it is necessary to verify that option is enabled
- enabled .htaccess in httpd.conf
How-To-Do:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html
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March 9th, 2011 @
03:26pm More Posts in:
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If you have problems setting up an FTP server or issues accessing your FTP site, here are two basic tips that have helped our customers before to make their FTP server work properly.
Check if the FTP daemon your are using is installed correctly and is running
Verify the software firewall rules
The FTP server should be allowed to accept TCP connections to port 21, and to make TCP connections from port 20 to any port
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March 7th, 2011 @
12:47pm More Posts in:
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