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 Backup & Restore MySQL Database from Shell

- Backup a database mysqldump -u Username -p dbname > anyname.sql - Restore a database...

 Clean apache Semaphore

#ipcs | awk '/^0x000000/ && /nobody/ {print $2}' | xargs -n1 ipcrm -s

 cPanel Installation

cPanel installatin is very easy, all you need is a new minimal installation of a supported linux...

 CSF firewall installation

CSF is great firewall for all linux based servers. For non-cpanel servers you'll need to install...

 Dangerous Linux Binaries

It's recommended to chmod the following linux binaries to 750 to prevent non-privileged users...

 Dangerous PHP Functions

The following PHP functions are considered dangrous and should be disabled on any web server,...

 Delete shell history

Delete the .bash_history file: # rm -rf ~/.bash_history Clear the current history stored in...

 Enable php open_basedir Protection

For open_basedir protection to work properly on cPanel servers running PHP in suPHP mode you'll...

 Reset cPanel (WHM) Initial configuration

Have you configured dedicated server with cPanel (WHM) for a client but would like to reset WHM...

 SAR (system activity monitor)

SAR (system activity monitor) produces system utilization reports based on the data collected...

 Securing /dev/shm

To secure /dev/shm look for the mount line for /dev/shm in /etc/fstab and change it to the...

 softaculous installation

#cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi #wget -N...

 Stop Console Messages

2 ways to stop messages output on linux server console #mesg n or #vi /etc/sysctl.conf...

 Sysstat Installation

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