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by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:02 PM
Apache, gzip compression and binary files — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:02 PM
Apache (or rather certain clients, such as media players) has (have) some problems with file sizes and compressed/deflated files. Here's what to do about it.
Safari, gzip deflation and blank pages — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:02 PM
Safari shows blank pages with no error message of any sort. Here's why and what to do about it
DNS checking with whois, nslookup and dig — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:03 PM
These are all great tools for Linux, OSX and in some cases, Windows too. I think nslookup is a Windows command line tool.
Problems with wget authentication in version 1.11.4 — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:03 PM
Moving from RHEL 4 to RHEL 5 meant that the version of wget changed from 1.10.2 to 1.11.4, with unexpected consequences
Rebooting a Linux server — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:04 PM
Here's how to restart a box remotely
3ware RAID and tw_cli — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:05 PM
tw_cli is a RAID monitoring utility to help you maintain your 3Ware RAID array
man page for tw_cli — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:06 PM
Upgrading Subversion — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:07 PM
Describes how to upgrade the Subversion on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Change timezone in Linux — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:07 PM
In case a box isn't in British time or needs to change
Simpletons Guide to Web Server Analysis — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:08 PM
Welcome to the wonderful world of web server usage analysis! This guide is intended to provide the necessary background and insight to how web server analysis works, things to look for and things to watch out for. Specifically, this guide is intended for the users of the Webalizer, but can be applied to most any analysis package out there. If you are new to web server analysis, or just want to find out how things work, then this guide is for you.
Timeouts in Varnish — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:10 PM
Sometimes when you have a server process that takes a long time to return, your page may timeout with a Varnish 503. It's easy to fix though.
Disable ssh access for a valid Linux user — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:10 PM
If you keep being disconnected instantly you log in and su user appears to do nothing, this might be what has happened.
Getting RPMs and yum updates from third party stores — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:11 PM
It's possible to supplement the Centos updates with RPMs from third party stores. They just need to be added to the yum.conf, but you do need to excercise care.
Setting up DSA public/private keys for ssh/rsync — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:11 PM
Kernel errors and NMI — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 02:12 PM
We've been getting weird kernel errors with Centos 5.6 and our AMD-based server. Here's what we've discovered...
Useful Linux commands — by Darrell Kingsley — last modified Mar 13, 2014 03:19 PM
Some handy Linux commands that we always forget...