Install Jailkit on Ubuntu/Debian
Quick guide on how to compile and install jailkit on Ubuntu/Debian based linux systems.
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Install Quanta on Ubuntu 11.10
I upgraded my ubuntu few hours back from 11.04 to 11.10 ; it all went fine. After the upgrade I noticed that Quanta – my favorite php development tool had vanished. Doing few searches on google lead to the information that its now deprecated and not maintained in the repos anymore. So I got it… Read More »
Compile wxwebconnect on Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit
wxwebconnect is a control for wxwidgets that allows to embed a gecko browser in a wxwidgets application. So lets try to install it on Ubuntu 11.04 wxWidgets can be installed from synaptic. Look for packages called libwxgtk2.8-* 1. Download wxwebconnect source from http://www.kirix.com/labs/wxwebconnect/downloads.html Extract them in home directory. Inside the webconnect directory you would see… Read More »
Traceroute command not working on Ubuntu
The traceroute utility can be installed from synaptic : $ sudo apt-get install traceroute Some Information : $ traceroute -V Modern traceroute for Linux, version 2.0.15, Oct 17 2010 Copyright (c) 2008 Dmitry Butskoy, License: GPL v2 or any later Doing some test runs $ traceroute www.google.com traceroute to www.google.com (74.125.235.20), 30 hops max, 60… Read More »
How to Check which MPM (Multi Processing Module) Apache is Running
MPM (Multi processing module) is a component of apache server, that determines how multiple clients or connections shall be handled. Apache is flexible by design and there are different mpms that can be used with apache depending on the needs. Some MPMs create a separate process to handle each request, whereas some create separate threads…. Read More »
5 Linux Commands to Check Distro Name and Version
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 »
Run Apache as a specific user with mpm itk on Ubuntu Linux
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 »
How to Install Suphp with Apache on Ubuntu / Linux
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 per process network bandwidth on linux with nethogs
Monitor the network bandwidth used by each process with nethogs command on Linux
Take webpage screenshot from command line in Ubuntu 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 »