Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a CentOS 5.4 server/vps with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

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Configuring vsftpd for secure connections

February 9, 2010

Generally when we login to VSFTPD using our username and password, it’s transmitted in simple/clear text, which is considered as insecure.
we can configure VSFTPD server to use OpenSSl, so that all the details are encrypted during the transfers.
install OpenSSL
yum install openssl
Generate a Certificate
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 \
-keyout [...]

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Install and Configure VSFTPD On CentOS

February 9, 2010
Vsftpd On CentOS

About VSFTPD
vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable. Don’t take my word for it, though. Below, we will see evidence supporting all three assertions. We will also see a list of a few important sites which are happily using vsftpd. This [...]

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Installing lighttpd with php5 support and MySQL on Debian Lenny

February 7, 2010

We Assume That The User Has Basic Knowledge To Use SSH Commands
In this tutorial we will be installing Lighttpd with PHP5 and MySQL Support On Debian Lenny.
First we will login to the server as root and make sure that every package is up-to date.

apt-get install lighttpd

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Installing mod_geoip for Apache2 On Debian Lenny

February 7, 2010
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This Tutorial explains how to install mod_geoip for Apache2 On Debian Lenny .
We Assume That You Already Have Apache2 As Already Discussed Here

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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Debian Lenny

February 7, 2010

In this post , I will be posting the steps that you can follow to install Apache2 with PHP5 and MySQL Support On Debian Lenny.
This tutorial assumes that user has root level access to the server
we begin the installation process by updating
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Next we will install MySQL

apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

during installation [...]

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Executing Shell Scripts On Linux

February 4, 2010
Shell

The script should have execute permissions for the correct owners in order to be runnable.
if you want to execute a shell file called foo.sh

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Shell Script To Install Rar/Unrar On Linux

February 4, 2010
Rar/Unrar on Linux

This is a bash script which installs  Rar/Unrar On A Linux System.
This script will first detect the decide weather the server has 64 bit or 32 bit Operating System installed and then will install the respective version of RAR/UNRAR.

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