Author: Prabhu Balakrishnan
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Free Markup BBCode Editor in Javascript
A simple homemade and lightweight free to use textarea bbcode markup editor written in javascript. Although not complex it has all the basic bbcode functions like hyperlink, quote and code, list tags. This editor can be used in forums, content management systems (CMS), blog applications and in many other php scripts. – Fast loading and…
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Setting up Domains in Linux Server with Apache
Setting up virtual domains (hosts) in your linux server is dead simple. If you have apache2 running all you have to do is put the following lines in the httpd.conf file. It is located in /etc/apache/conf/httpd.conf First decide you want to setup the domain in shared IP or you want a dedicated IP for the…
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Best Car to buy under 3 lacs in India
I was searching all over the major car brands in India and was looking for a car between 2-3 lacs. I am planning to buy a petrol car well within maximum 3 lacs. so which car to buy? I did some research of the websites of maruti, hyundai and tatamotors and found that surprisingly only…
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Lightweight PHP WYSIWYG HTML Editor
Lightweight WYSIWYG Editor for PHP A dead simple javascript based WYSIWYG html editor for PHP. It is lightwight, fastloading html editor can be integrated to PHP scripts easily. I always wanted a very simple WYSIWYG editor for my PHP scripts with just simple functions like bold, italic, URL and Image insertion and nothing more than…
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Setup Postfix/Dovecot MailServer for Centos/RHEL
Setup Basic POP3/IMAP Mail Server in Centos/RHEL Setting up a mail server can be quite initimidating if you are linux beginner. I am posting here my simple and most basic mail server experiment which i conducted with my VPS server so that my documentation could be helpful for those who want to setup a pop3…
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How to Fix: GTA 4 Blurs/Fuzzy Effect in PS3
I was very uncomfortable playing GTA4 with blurs on bright day light along with lack of clarity. I searched everywhere on the Web to find a solution for this so that i could enjoy playing GTA4 in my new PS3 console. Here is how you fix the blurry and dull graphics on GTA4. Here are…
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Accidentally deleted /etc/named.conf in Cpanel
i was into a mess by accidentally deleting /etc/named.conf in my dedicated server running centos 5. Sooner i did that all my sites went down. I was in a terrible situation. For those of you who did that i am documenting here how to restore the file! Go to Cpanel WHM > Configuration file rolleback…
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Basic Linux Server Security Tutorial – How to Secure Linux Servers?
This tutorial guide covers only basic linux server security tips intended for linux learners. I am writing this guide assuming that you are running Centos 5 or later versions. Install Firewall (APF or CSF Firewall with BFD) ModSecurity (Web application firewall) ModEvasive (Prevent DDOS attacks) Harden SSH server Fix Open DNS Recursion Install RKhunter…
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Install LAMP Server for Centos/RHEL
Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP/Perl together commonly known as LAMP Server. * Apache Web Server 2.0 * MySQL Database Serve 5.0 * PHP Scripting Language 5.0 * phpMyAdmin – Web based MySQL Administration Tool * Webmin – A free web based hosting control panel Goal To setup a LAMP server on a fresh…
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Fix: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ if you are new to installing mysql server you might probably face this error quite often if you type mysql in the shell prompt. > mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ To fix: First start the…