How to Check or Test Reverse DNS on Linux and Windows
Reverse DNS (rDNS), also known as Reverse Domain Name System or PTR (Pointer) records, is a process that resolves an IP address back to its corresponding domain name. It plays…
How to Install Mod_Security to Apache HTTP Server on CentOS 6.3
ModSecurity is an open-source web application firewall and intrusion detection and prevention system that provides filtering and other security features to the Apache HTTP Server. As a web application layer…
How to Fix “-bash: man: command not found” on CentOS 6.3
This quick post shows the step to install “man” command on Linux. In linux CentOS 6.2 and CentOS 6.3 operating system, “man” command has not been installed automatically. The Linux…
How to Setup Central Log Server using Rsyslog on CentOS 6.2/CentOS 6.3
In this post i will share on how to setup Central log server using Rsyslog on linux CentOS 6.2 and it’s also working on CentOS6.3. This rsyslog central server will…
How to Configure System Accounting with auditd on Linux CentOS 6.3
The audit service is provided for system auditing. Under its default configuration, auditd has modest disk space requirements, and should not noticeably impact system performance. The audit service, configured with…
How to Get Kernel Version, Kernel Release, Processor type and Hardware Platform On Linux
This post show you the quick guide on how you can get the uname information for your linux server shell command. Sometimes it is required to quickly get and print…
How to Install yum-priorities on CentOS 6.3
Introduction YUM is a package manager used in several Linux distributions, including CentOS. It allows users to install, update, and remove packages from their systems. However, sometimes we might have…
How to Configure Basic Setup for lighttpd on CentOS 6.3
Lighttpd is a secure, fast, compliant, and highly adaptable web server that has been fine-tuned for high-performance environments. It stands out due to its minimal memory footprint compared to other…
How to Install lighttpd with Fastcgi on CentOS 6.3
In this short guide, we will walk you through the steps to install Lighttpd with FastCGI on CentOS 6.3. Lighttpd is a secure, fast, compliant, and highly flexible web server…
How to Install php-mcrypt on CentOS 6.3
mcrypt exension for PHP is necessary if we want to use cookie based authentication with phpymyadmin. In default CentOS 6.3 yum repository or in CentOS 6.3 installation CD/DVD, php-mcrypt exension…
How to Remove Squid on CentOS 6.3
There could be several reasons why you might want to remove Squid from your CentOS 6.3 system: No longer needed: You may have installed Squid for a specific purpose or…
How to Install Squid on CentOS 6.3
Squid is a popular open-source proxy server that is widely used to improve network performance by caching frequently used web pages. It also helps to increase security and privacy by…