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	<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're running VMWare Server 2.0.x on CentOS 5.4, you'll have noticed that you (most likely) suffer random reboots and other instabilities on the guest operating systems - this is due to a glibc error in vmware's libraries, and has yet to be fixed by vmware (thanks a lot).  The real issue is CentOS/Redhat has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/linux-and-freebsd/vmware-2-0-x-and-centos-5-4-glibc-crashes-and-instabilities-a-workaround-solution/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I mistakenly have installed wordpress in a subdirectory on my site - this worked well for testing, but I didn't buy this domain to have my entire site sitting within a subdirectory!
Wordpress has a good guide on this subject, which has step by step instructions on migrating your installation from one directory to another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/system-administration/apache-system-administration/moving-wordpress-from-a-subdirectory-and-generation-of-301-redirects-from-a-google-sitemap/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a quick script that will check yum updates and email you when there are new updates available.
Split into two sections, one script is for all package updates, and the other script is for letting us know if we need to reboot when a new kernel package has been installed.
Script to check for updates:
check-yum-updates.sh
#!/bin/bash
#
# check-yum-updates.sh
#
# [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/linux-and-freebsd/yum-update-check-script-runs-via-crontab-and-emails-when-new-updates-are-available/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[logrotate, by default (at least on CentOS as of 3, 4, and 5.x), rotates logs by incrementing all numbers on previous logs by one, and moving the current log to log.0
This is all fine and good if you like your logs to all be rotated in order, and have a certain number backed up:
secure --&#62; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/linux-and-freebsd/logrotate-tweaks-to-enhance-rsync-backups/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Script to update OpenVZ vz cache for any template.
Useful to upgrade to newest security releases.
#!/bin/bash
#
# updates cache of VZ
#
#
#
# Set These (or pass from command line as below)
#
#TEMPLATE=centos-5-i386-afull
VZID=5999
#
# use this from command line:
#
# ./updatevzcache centos-5-i386-afull
#
TEMPLATE=$1
# VZID=$2
#
# change these if needed
#
HOSTNAME=testvps.zoidial.com
IP=10.10.10.100
NAMESERVER=10.10.10.1
#
# create vps, add IP address, set hostname, set nameserver, start vps
#
vzctl create $VZID --ostemplate $TEMPLATE [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/linux-and-freebsd/openvz-cache-update-script/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parallels, in their infinite wisdom, introduced new "overuse" policies into their Plesk control panel as of version 9.0.  A great idea when just starting out, but a nightmare when upgrading from a previous version, since it changes the default behavior when clients and domain owners reach their pre-assigned limits.  Now, instead of just warning that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/linux-and-freebsd/plesk-9-x-overuse-policy/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Easy Upgrading of MailScanner - RPM version
(For Redhat/Centos - updated from the MailScanner documentation)
1) Make a backup copy of your current MailScanner (Linux):
cp -a /etc/MailScanner /etc/MailScanner.$(date +%Y%m%d)
cp -a /usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/lib/MailScanner.$(date +%Y%m%d)
cp -a /usr/sbin/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner.$(date +%Y%m%d)
2) Download the latest version and extract
http://mailscanner.info/downloads.html
Check the changelog for upgrade notes and new features:
http://mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
Check the integrity of the downloaded file
untar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/linux-and-freebsd/upgrading-mailscanner/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I bought a Dell 1650 server on ebay for cheap. I loaded it up with three 36gb U160 10,000 RPM SCSI disks in a RAID 5 array, loaded up CentOS 5 and off I went.
Once it was at the data centre, I wanted to monitor the system a bit. This meant I wanted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/linux-and-freebsd/dell-1650-server-and-ipmi-support-on-centos-5/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really stupid issue with permissions on CentOS 5.1 and real easy fix, since there were improper permissions on the mqueue and clientmqueue directories.

The Error message:

Tried to send mail via command line using 'mail' command, and it returned this error:

can not chdir(/var/spool/clientmqueue/): Permission denied
Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.


The fix:

The fix is to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/linux-and-freebsd/sendmail-premissions-error-stopping-mail-from-sending-on-centos-5-1/</link>
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		<title>| Eric Thern :: thern dot org ::</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have ever needed php5 to run along side php4, you can always compile php5 as a CGI, and let php4 remain as an apache module.
Here we've compiled php5 from FreeBSD's ports, and have installed it as a CGI so that specific vhosts will run on this new php5. The installation was done on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thern.org/system-administration/freebsd/freebsd-plesk-8-installing-php5-as-cgi-alongside-php4/</link>
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