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What is Rootkit Hunter ?
Rootkit scanner is scanning tool to ensure you for about 99.9%* you’re clean of nasty tools. This tool scans for rootkits, backdoors and local exploits by running tests like:
- MD5 hash compare
- Look for default files used by rootkits
- Wrong file permissions for binaries
- Look for suspected strings in LKM and [...]
Posted by yolau
MySQL can sometimes create big problems on a server when you have users abusing it.
This article will teach you how to correctly identify the queries that are creating a problem for your server.
MySQL can log those queries that are taking longer then X seconds but this future is not turned on by default.
Here’s how you [...]
Posted by yolau
wget is one of the largest threats for your server security. A single abuser that gains access to wget can download and run any script that he wants, totally compromising your server.
It is highly recommended that you allow only root to use wget and you restrict all other users from it.
Login to your server as [...]
Posted by yolau
Although you can do a database import and/or export from phpMyAdmin there is a size limitation (defined in my.cnf max_allowed_packet) when you do an import, so the only solution is to import it from shell.
This article will show you how simple it is to do it.
Importing a mysql database
Login to your server as root or [...]