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Use rsyslog and Send Logs to Remote Server (including Apache logs)

rsyslog.conf Setup Modify /etc/rsyslog.conf file and add the following at the end: *.* @[ip address of remote server]:[port] Port number is optional.  Default is 514. httpd.conf Setup (Apache) Modify /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file and add the following: ErrorLog syslog:local1 CustomLog “| /usr/bin/logger -t httpd -p local1.info” [log format] Now restart both Apache and rsyslog service httpd restart […]

Installing php-mbstring on RHEL 6

To install the php-mbstring on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 you have to add a new software channel to the system through the Red Hat Customer portal. 1. Log into RHN via rhn.redhat.com 2. Navigate to Subscription->RHN Classic->Registered Systems 3. Select the desired system from your list 4. Navigate to Software->Software Channels 5. Check the […]

Lock an sFTP user to a specific directory on CentOS

I run into the need to give users access to a specific directory to create and update files for a website or other reason.  I don’t like using ftp because of the plain text password issue so I prefer sftp.  sftp is nice because everything is encrypted and secure but it uses ssh which, if […]

Force RHEL 6 to use NFSv3 instead of NFSv4

Here is how to force Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 to use nfs v3 instead of version 4. 1. Edit /etc/sysconfig/autofs and comment out: MOUNT_NFS_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL=4 uncomment: MOUNT_NFS_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL=3 2. Edit /etc/nfsmount.conf and add the following lines: Defaultvers=3 Nfsvers=3 3. Restart autofs sudo service autofs restart 4. Then re-mount and your done. Source: http://serverfault.com/questions/219190/can-i-force-nfs-automounts-to-use-nfsv3

Cross Domain Font Requests

Some browsers will have an issue utilizing resources from different domains.  This is due to a configuration on the source server and is easily fixed with a simple modification to your Apache .htaccess file. Add this code to your site’s .htaccess (Apache) file to allow any site to use fonts hosted on your site. <FilesMatch […]

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