Just making a note of some useful memcached queries https://michaelheap.com/working-with-memcached-via-cli/ https://packages.debian.org/jessie/libmemcached-tools memccat – Copy the value of a key to standard output memcflush – Flush the contents of your servers. memcrm – Remove a key(s) from the server. memccp – …
Read morefail2ban & Cloudflare
I have been running a fairly busy site on a hosted package which included a Cloudflare subscription. I moved the site to my Ubuntu server which had fail2ban running. All seemed to be working. People were being blocked and a …
Read moreUser agents
I have a dynamic robots.txt program on GitHub that lets me tell unwanted bots unambiguously not to scan my site. Its overall effect is minor as only the responsible bots pay attention. While scanning my logs, there are a few …
Read moreRegular expression to update the PHP tag
Many moons ago, PHP used <? to denote the start of a php script. This caused a problem with some XML code, so it was decided to use <?php instead. For some time, PHP no longer recognises <?, although there is …
Read moreApache process memory usage
I recently had a problem where a website runs normally all month, but after an “update notification Email” was sent, the website ground to a halt. The first useful command I found was `free` which displays the memory status. total …
Read moreAdding SpamAssassin and ClamAV to Postfix
Installation is easy enough with the package system, but further tweaks are required to get it up and running. Once its running, more tweaks are required to have it running at its best. First task is to have an up …
Read morec# Creating objects with a string
My problem was that a particular system had 4 customers and the possibility that this would expand. Each customer had their own bespoke software to handle the data processing. This caused maintenance difficulties as often a change would be required …
Read moreTesting Emoji and WordPress
This one does not use Emoji This Tweet will show in my blog, because I have not used Emoji. — SpideyUK💙 (@SpideyUK77) April 21, 2014 This one uses Emoji This is an iEmoji 😎 , it breaks wordpress embed 😤 …
Read moreDynamic robots.txt
After installing zbblock, I took a look at all the bots visiting my site. There are obvious ones that are welcome, Google, Bing, Yahoo to name but a few. Others are not so welcome. They eat up your bandwidth and …
Read moreBroadband support
Some of you may have seen my tweets saying that I was experiencing Broadband issues. I am an IT networking specialist so when I have a networking issue I have the knowledge and equipment to locate the problem. When my …
Read moreDomain parking continued
I have previously ranted about Domain Parking. My experience shows that the only way to earn money is to have a domain that once was popular. Only then are there links everywhere ready to catch the unsuspecting surfer. I have …
Read moreIMAP error message with Courier
I have just installed ISPconfig3, a hosting system on my Debian Linux machine. I created an Email account for myself, but when I tried to connect with Thunderbird-IMAP I kept getting the error message “Filesystem notification initialization error — contact …
Read moreApache website not working without www
This problem caused me a few headaches but I found the answer eventually and I reproduce it here to help any others with a similar problem. I am running apache webserver on Linux with virtual hosting and had the following …
Read moreLenny to Squeeze
There comes a time when you have to upgrade your Debian distribution to the new release. I was on Lenny, Squeeze had been out for a month. To upgrade, all I had to do was to edit my apt source …
Read moreWordPress Postie tip
WordPress has a basic system to allow posts via Email, it is very limited and the only attempt at keeping it secure is to advise using a strange Email address with random characters. Once you send your Email, you then …
Read moreSecure FTP (Secure Shell (ssh) FTP)
A couple of years ago, I had a struggle configuring a secure FTP server. It involved installing restricted shells (rssh), creating that shells own directory system, and making copies of library DLLs because the rssh could not see outside its …
Read moreHiybbprqag
What is that word I hear you say! A few people will come to this page because they searched for the word on Google or Bing. The explanation is that Google made up the word and manipulated their search results …
Read moreWord press update not working
I have another web site that uses Word press which had stagnated for a year and when I went back to it, there was updates required. I clicked the update button, and it asked me for ftp details. This seemed …
Read moreHow to align your HTML ID’s using CSS
I can honestly claim I was building web pages back in 1985 and before anyone retorts with “This is before Tim Berners-Lee” let me tell you I was an active member of Micronet800. I was at the beginning of HTML, …
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