This short article will demonstrate by example password-less ssh from a Solaris 8 box which will backup the contents of a linux box using rsync.In the example there are 2 [...]

If desired the default scores for rules in spamassassin (located in /usr/share/spamassassin/50_scores.cf) can be changed by setting the scores either in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf or another .cf file in the directory. For [...]

I was considering installing tripwire on a CentOS 5.1 install but I happened upon an article about 'aide' which also notifies the system admin about changes to core files (and [...]

Sa-update replaces Rules-Du-Jour providing fresh spam rules to spamassassin in a similar way that freshclam provides viri updates to ClamAV.Presumably Spamassassin is installed but if it isn't: yum install spamassassin* [...]

A recent upgrade to PHP 5.2.5 caused a problem with Plesk/Horde webmail. Specifically: Warning: require_once(Horde/String.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/share/psa-horde/lib/Horde/Browser.php on line 4 [...]

Connecting to remote servers using SSH is very common in systemadministration and involves entering the command : sshuser@remotehostname and the corresponding password. It is possible to use public keys with [...]

Aptana is an Eclipse plug-in/perspective aimed at web development including support for Ajax and PHP. With Eclipsed installed, Aptana can be added by: Open Eclipse Choose Help > Software Updates [...]

Data ports are allocated to FTP clients on connection so it is difficult to know which port an FTP user might be using when they next connect. To narrow it [...]

Nagios is is a useful tool for monitoring many servers and their services. At a glance (or via email) you can see which services/hosts are experiencing problems.Monitoring public services such [...]

The WebFX Tab Pane is a great javascript method of adding tabs to webpages. However I found that twhen using the Luna style the f;onts on Linux/Firefox defaulted to a [...]