Linux distro name and version When working with an unknown server, the first task of a sys admin is to gather some information about the system, like what OS is it running, what version, what services are running and so on. And there is no single command that can detect distribution specific information consistently across… Read More »
Install mpm itk On ubuntu mpm itk can be installed from synaptic. Look for the package called apache2-mpm-itk sudo apt-get install apache2-mpm-itk Configure Configuration for mpm itk can be done in the file sites-enabled/000-default $ gksudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default In the VirtualHost *:80 section add this just before the end of the VirtualHost tag [xml] <IfModule… Read More »
Suphp Suphp php handler is an apache module (mod_suphp) that runs php scripts with ownership and permission of a specific user. This is seen as a security enhancement since the system can keep track of which user’s php script is running (and causing problems if any). In shared hosting environments suphp is very popular since… Read More »
Monitor the network bandwidth used by each process with nethogs command on Linux
There are many instances when you want to take the screenshot of a webpage from within a php script or the command line. On ubuntu there are several ways to do it and most of them produce a webkit , gecko or khtml rendered screenshot image. Some of the methods require X session to open… Read More »
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing or in simple terms its ‘Remote Desktop’. It allows a system to access the desktop of another system. Now lets see how vnc can be done on ubuntu. Install Packages $ sudo apt-get install vnc4server xvnc4viewer 1. vnc4server – This is the vnc server application. It is run on… Read More »
Here is a list of port scanners that work on Ubuntu/Linux. 1. Angry IP Scanner Download and Install from http://www.angryip.org/ Fast and easy to use network scanner and port scanner. To scan ports got to Tools > Preferences > Ports > Port Selection Enter the ports you want to scan Start the scan. 4. Nmap… Read More »
To get beautiful and smooth fonts on Ubuntu : 1. Install ttf-mscorefonts-installer from synaptic This will provide the fonts like microsoft arial , tahoma , verdana , courier etc. 2. Get the xml file by Obi Bok from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts The above xml file provides special finetuned settings for antialiasing and hinting parameters for various fonts… Read More »
If Totem , the default movie player does not play vcds properly , showing file permission errors , then try : 1. SMPlayer Install from synaptic : sudo apt-get install smplayer 2. mplayer Install from synaptic : sudo apt-get install mplayer 3. KPlayer Install from synaptic : sudo apt-get install kplayer To play from terminal… Read More »
Google Chrome has problem displaying hindi/unicode and other Indian language fonts. For example bold hindi fonts might be displayed as square boxes. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=32109 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=21320 It is some kind of font selection bug. Lets try fixing it. 1. You may want to install the packages ttf-devanagari-fonts and ttf-indic-fonts. Also get that mangal.ttf thing from windows or… Read More »