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		<title>On a date with bash_history</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/on-a-date-with-bash_history.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever try to determine what caused the latest outage by trying to determined when a command was last executed? 
Look in your .bash_history (if you are running a bash shell), and you will see your recently executed commands.  However, it is generally impossible to tell when the command was executed.

Part of our job includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MySQL Backup User Privilege Grant</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/quick-tip/mysql-backup-user-privilege-grant.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Tip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOCK TABLES and SELECT are the minimal requirements to use &#8216;mysqldump&#8217;.
You can use the following grant statement to create a user with as little privileges as possible: 
GRANT LOCK TABLES, SELECT ON mydatabase.* TO &#8216;backup&#8217;@'hostname&#8217; IDENTIFIED BY &#8216;p4sswOrd&#8217;;
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		<title>CUPS Purging not-completed print jobs older than..</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CUPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Python]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Script]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When working with CUPS using remote print queues, you may find that the remote printer is not always available, has timed out, ran out of paper, has a paper jam, etc. Sometimes this causes a job to &#8216;not-complete&#8217; and when running &#8216;lpstat -o&#8217;, you see old print jobs.
We put together a quick script to auto-purge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extracting files from rpm and deb packages</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/extracting-files-from-rpm-and-deb-packages.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/extracting-files-from-rpm-and-deb-packages.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[deb]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We ran into an issue where an init script was missing and we needed to restore the file.  The backup (of course) did not include the file we needed.  We had to download the package, extract the contents, and move the init script back into place.  Below are the commands used:
DEB:
$ dpkg-deb -x &#60;package.deb&#62; /restore/dir
RPM:
$ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retrieve Ensim MySQL root password</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/quick-tip/retrieve-ensim-mysql-root-password.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Tip]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can display the current root password for mysql (if the host is running ensim), by using the following command.

# ensim-python -c "import sys;sys.path.append(\"/usr/lib/opcenter/mysql\");import mysqlbe;print mysqlbe.read_mysqlpass()"

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		<title>cPanel / Fantastico Deluxe install doesn&#039;t do anything.</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/cpanel/cpanel-fantastico-deluxe-install-doesnt-do-anything.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/cpanel/cpanel-fantastico-deluxe-install-doesnt-do-anything.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quick Tip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cPanel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantastico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Install]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mnxsolutions.com/blog/quick-tip/cpanel-fantastico-deluxe-install-doesnt-do-anything.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We ran into an issue when installing Fantastico.  After clicking the installation button, everything seemed to download just fine, but every time you go back to the Fantastico link it says it is not installed.
It turns out, Fantastico uses wget to download files.  wget is called with the &#8216;-P&#8217; option, which is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dedicated Linux Server Checklist for the New Year.</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/dedicated-linux-server-checklist-for-the-new-year.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/dedicated-linux-server-checklist-for-the-new-year.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Checklist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a dedicated Linux server, this list is for you.  Below are a few items you need to do, to ensure your 2008 will be a bit brighter.  This list is by no means comprehensive, but hopefully gets you started in the right direction this year.

 Check your backups and perform a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Securing your Linux server</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/apache/securing-your-server.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/apache/securing-your-server.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quick Tip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firewall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mnxsolutions.com/blog/apache/securing-your-server.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We deal with security related issues nearly every day.  Many of these issues could be prevented with a few minor changes to php.ini along with the installation of mod_security. It is simply amazing how many machines are hacked, and then used for the sole purpose of sending spam, denial of service (DoS) attacks or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rate limiting connections with iptables</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/rate-limiting-connections-with-iptables.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/rate-limiting-connections-with-iptables.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brute force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iptables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ssh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mnxsolutions.com/blog/quick-tip/rate-limiting-connections-with-iptables.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may find this iptables based method of limiting packets useful.  For example, to drop connection from from someone who is trying to brute force your passwords via ssh.
I have a particular case, where a customer wants to be notified if more than X number of SMTP connections are being generated from a particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rename a filesystem, or change a mount point</title>
		<link>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/rename-a-filesystem-or-change-a-mount-point.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mnxsolutions.com/linux/rename-a-filesystem-or-change-a-mount-point.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quick Tip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filesystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fstab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rename]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was just asked today to provide a quick overview of the steps necessary to rename a filesystem.  And here is what I came up with.  Please use this information at your own risk, and always ensure you have a backup just in case something does not go well.

Say you have /backup and [...]]]></description>
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