Enable SSH Key Logon and Disable Password (Password-Less) Logon in CentOS

by Richard W | Jul 14, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security

This brief tutorial is going to show you how to log on to a SSH server without passwords using only SSH encryption keys. The reason you may want to do this is to enable more secured form of authenticating to your SSH enabled servers. Using password authentication...

Ubuntu Tips — Create NFS Shares And Mount It In Ubuntu

by Richard W | Jul 10, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux

This simple and brief blog post is going to show you how to create NFS shares in Ubuntu and mount those shares from external NFS clients. NFS stands for Network File System and is a popular filesystem protocol that allows for remote clients to mount network shares on...

How To Enable Nginx Repository And Install Nginx In CentOS 6

by Richard W | Jul 8, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web

Most of my times are spent messing with stuff. When it comes to development, I do a lot of my testing in VMware Workstation and VirtualBox visualization software. I have VMware 10 Workstation installed on my home computer and VirtualBox on my work computer. I do a lot...

Ubuntu Tips — Install Adobe Reader In Ubuntu 14.04

by Richard W | Jul 7, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux

After installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu on your machine, there are few programs you may want to get installed. Many of these programs are free and can easily be installed in Ubuntu from Ubuntu Software Center. Some of these program can be installed via Ubuntu...

WordPress Tips — Install WordPress On CentOS

by Richard W | Jul 3, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web, Wordpress

This brief tutorial is going to show you how to install and configure WordPress on a new CentOS machine. This post will start from scratch and go into what’s needed and how to install required packages in order to get WordPress working in CentOS. Because there...

WordPress Tips — Install WordPress With Nginx, PHP5, MySQL Support In CentOS 6.5

by Richard W | Jun 27, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Wordpress

So, yesterday we showed you how to install Nginx, MySQL and PHP5 with support for PHP-FPM in CentOS 6.5 in order to install WordPress. WordPress requires these services to run properly. Without a web server, PHP, or a database server, WordPress will not be able to...

Ultimate Guide To Installing Nginx, MySQL, PHP5, PHP-FPM In CentOS 6.5

by Richard W | Jun 26, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web

Here’s an ultimate guide to installing Nginx, PHP5, MySQL support on CentOS 6.5. This guide will show you how to prepare CentOS 6.5, how to install Nginx web server, MySQL database server with PHP5 support. It should be handled and read as a complete guide to...

Ubuntu Tips — Install Skype 4.3 In Ubuntu

by Richard W | Jun 25, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux

Skype, the very popular free VOIP software was recently updated for Linux systems, including Ubuntu. This update brings some new features including, enhanced user interface, cloud-based group chat experience, PulseAudio support and file transfer improvements across...

Windows 8 Tips — Enable The Guest Account For Temporary Access

by Richard W | Jun 25, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Security, Windows

If you want someone to have temporary access to your computer without having the rights to delete or mess it up, your best bet is to enable the guest account in Windows 8/8.1 I had to enable the guest account few days ago after a kid came up to me asking me for my...

Synchronize OneDrive Content In Ubuntu With OneDrive-D

by Richard W | Jun 24, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux

This brief tutorial is going to show you how to synchronize Microsoft OneDrive on your Ubuntu computer. OneDrive wasn’t designed with Linux OS in mind, so there has been no support from Microsoft for Linux systems, including Ubuntu. One brave developer has...