Archive for November, 2009

Tools to monitor linux apache server

The following tools are usefull to linux administration and monitoring
RRDTool: RRDtool is the OpenSource industry standard, high performance data logging and graphing system for time series data. Use it to write your custom monitoring shell scripts or create whole applications using its Perl, Python, Ruby, TCL or PHP bindings.
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Free ubuntu CD

If you are facing problem in downloading large files of linux distibutions, Ubuntu is giving a great offer, you can request free CDs from ubuntu it is totally free and ships to any part of world.
Request Free CD
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Mail alert for ssh login

To get a mail when some logged into your linux system then follow this steps
Edit .bashrc in root folder /root

vi .bashrc

Add following line at end of the file

echo ‘ALERT – Root Shell Access (server name) on:’ `date`
`who` | mail -s "Alert: Root Access from `who | cut -d"(" -f2 | cut -d")"
-f1`" yourmail@gmail.com
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Intel poulsbo Drivers for Ubuntu

Many people after installing Ubuntu for the first time or after Kernel update facing the problems with display drivers of Intel Poulsbo chipset. Here is steps to repair your display
For new installation:
Update aptitude sources
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Installing Ubuntu on NetBook (Dell Mini)

In netbooks we wont found CD Drive so Installing ubuntu or any OS is a bit diffciult. So for the people who are looking for installing ubuntu on Netbooks with preinstalled Microsoft OS, I am going to explain you, how to install ubuntu using USB
UNetbootin: UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to [...]

Debian / Ubuntu Apache SSL Configuration

Hey you are planning to start a e-commerce website, then you must know about SSL without which no one will trust your website as a safe place to use their cards…
What is SSL?
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a protocol used for secure data transfer. This is done by using private keys and certificates. A private [...]