December 14, 2011 · Articles How to check if linux server can send out email via command line? Method 1: $ mail -s "Subject: Test email from linux server" info@test.com Press the "Return" key Enter the body part of the email Press ctrl + D Enter a CC emai… Read more
December 12, 2011 · Articles Reverse DNS and Junk Email Many email servers depend on Reverse DNS in order to identify if the mail is legit or spam. For the Reverse DNS to work correctly, two points need to be address… Read more
November 14, 2011 · Articles Linux: How to upgrade PHP from 5.1 to 5.2 in CentOS5? First Check PHP version that is currently installed $ php -version Check Linux Version $ cat /etc/*-release (or redhat-release) Create a repo file with the cont… Read more
November 14, 2011 · Articles SEO: Steps to take after submitting to search engines Part 5: Steps to take after submitting to search engines (from the web) Maintenance check All Web sites should be thoroughly tested using a site maintenance too… Read more
October 15, 2011 · Articles Linux: How to list or allow access to ports ? SELinux is a feature that may be turned on certain servers and it can restrict access to certain ports. In order to gain access and make the ports work, you nee… Read more
September 18, 2011 · Articles MySQL: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)' The above error message most likely occurs when users change password in one environment (via command line or phpmyadmin) and do not see the changes reflect in… Read more
August 19, 2011 · Articles SEO: Steps to take before submitting Part 4: Steps to take before submitting (from the web) Fine tune the TITLE tag to increase traffic to the site Improving the TITLE tag is one technique that app… Read more
August 10, 2011 · Articles MySQL: How to stop, start or restart mysql? In linux, following commands are used to start/stop/restart mysql $/etc/init.d/mysqld start $/etc/init.d/mysqld restart $/etc/init.d/mysqld stop In windows, mys… Read more
July 20, 2011 · Articles Linux: Case sensitive MySQL table names When transitioning MySQL database from Windows to Linux, users often encounter issues related to case-sensitiveness. Windows is case-insensitive and Linux is ca… Read more
June 25, 2011 · Articles Apache: [warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts $ /etc/init.d/apache2 restart After configuring Apache server settings on the name server, you may encounter a message "[warn] NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.3:80 ha… Read more
