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How To Install IonCube Loader on Centos

Go to http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php Download wget http://downloads2.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz tar xvfz ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz tar xvfz ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz cd ioncube Copy loader-wizard.php to location you can access on a web browser. I then get told that there is an updated script so I down load the … Continue reading

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How To Turn Off Overwrite Request on when you copy in Centos

When copying a folder in centos, it interactively asks if you want to overwrite a file, the -f flag does not work.  Simple solution, use \cp.

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How To Open Port 80 on Iptables on Centos

Edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables: vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables Add the following line -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -m tcp -p tcp –dport 80 -j ACCEPT Save and restart iptables. service iptables restart

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How To Install Elgg 1.5 on Centos 5.2

You will need to update the repositories so you can get php 5.2 vi /etc/yum.repos.d/utterrambling.repo Add [utterramblings] name=Jason’s Utter Ramblings Repo baseurl=http://www.jasonlitka.com/media/EL5/i386/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://www.jasonlitka.com/media/RPM-GPG-KEY-jlitka Change the baseurl to http://www.jasonlitka.com/media/EL5/x86_64 if 64 bit. Install the necessary packages yum install mysql-server … Continue reading

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How To Install Java JRE on Centos 5.2

Download the rpm for JRE from Sun, at the time of writing this – https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=jre-6u12-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer I use tunnelier sftp function to transfer this over to the centos machine. Change the permissions chmod 755 jre-6u12-linux-x64-rpm.bin Install it rpm -Uvh –nodeps jre-6u12-linux-amd64.rpm … Continue reading

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A Good Centos System Administration Book

I have been a big fan of the unleashed guides every since I purchased Mac OS X Tiger Unleashed. I loved this book as it was both great for beginners but had some reallly good advanced sections that allowed me … Continue reading

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