How to interpret captured Wireshark information
Learn to capture and interpret network information with Wireshark.
Fedora 34 to Introduce KDE Plasma Spin for 64-bit ARM
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee approved the recent proposal to provide a Fedora 34 KDE Plasma Spin for 64-bit ARM architecture.
Block php files from being uploaded (using nginx)
If you find people trying to upload php into your wordpress site you can add this to your nginx config file location ~* /(?:uploads)/.*.php$ { deny all; access_log off; log_not_found off; }
Intro to Git
If you’re new to Git checkout https://www.linuxtechi.com/learn-git-command-examples-linux-part-1/ it’s a good starting point.
Stop image hotlinking on NGINX
If you think it’s possible that someone is linking to images hosted on your site add the following to you nginx config file # Stop deep linking or hot linking location /images/ { valid_referers none blocked www.linuxconsultant.org linuxconsultant.org; if ($invalid_referer) { return 403; } } Or if you want to be a wiseguy and replace the hotlinked image with something else # Stop deep linking or hot linking location /images/ { valid_referers none blocked www.linuxconsultant.org linuxconsultant.org; if ($invalid_referer) { return […]
Welcome to Linux Consultant
This site is a collection of tips, examples and small chunks of code I’ve used over the years as I’ve worked with Linux. Mostly the items found here are for my own use but I’ve made the site public in the chance that it will help other people. If you find something useful please let me know. Also if you think something I’ve mentioned could be done better I would welcome the feedback.
Misc git tips
Want to see if your branch is on the remote server? Want to see what branches are? Run git branch -av Not seeing your branch on the remote server, run git push origin BRANCH_NAME Added a file to .gitignore but you already checked it in? Run git rm –cached FILENAME Changing your origin server? Run git remote remove origin
Basic MySQL Security
After installing MySQL Set the root passwoord using mysqladmin -u root password new-password login as root and run the following comands drop database test; use mysql; delete from db; delete from user where not (host=”localhost” and user=”root”); flush privileges;
Configuring git
git config –global user.name “USER_NAME” git config –global user.email “USER_EMAIL” and if you work with Windows files git config –global core.autocrlf false
Git – A better way to manage git with multi-users
Create a directory to store all your repos. I like putting them in /var/git-repos cd into /var/git-repos (or whatever you called it) mkdir PROJECT_NAME.git cd PROJECT_NAME.git git init –bare Then Each user works locally (could be on their own system or could be in a personal directory on the same server). Run the following: mkdir PROJECT_NAME cd PROJECT_NAME git init if working on the same server you could use git remote add origin /var/git-repos/PROJECT_NAME.git if working remotely you could use […]
Git – problems with first push
No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing. Perhaps you should specify a branch such as ‘master’. fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly Just run git push origin master Or if you get error: src refspec master does not match any. just do git commit -m “initial commit” git push origin master
Moving from Subversion to Git
Follow this guys instructions http://daneomatic.com/2010/11/01/svn-to-multiple-git-repos/
Installing Zend the easiest way
Go to http://framework.zend.com/download/current/ download the minimal version extract to a directory that makes sense to you add to your .htaccess file RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteRule !\.(js|ico|txt|gif|jpg|png|css)$ index.php RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d php_value include_path “.:REPLACE_WITH_LOCATION_OF_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY”
Get started with Zend
Rob Allen has created a simple 18 page tutorial on using Zend that is a great place to get started. You can find the tutorial at http://akrabat.com/wp-content/uploads/Getting-Started-with-Zend-Framework.pdf
Using an editor to create commands
If you have a long group of commands you need to run press Ctrl-X, followed by Ctrl-E This will open your default editor. When you’re done close the editor (saving the file) and the command will run.
Use Cheat instead of man
http://www.tecmint.com/cheat-command-line-cheat-sheet-for-linux-users/ see for how to install and use.