by Richard W | Oct 1, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
Since we’re all humans and we do forget at times, this brief tutorial is going to show you how to reset or recovery a forgotten users or root password on Ubuntu 14.04. We wrote the same tutorial for CentOS 7 users which was well received so we decided to write one for...
by Richard W | Sep 30, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web
Last week we showed you how to install and configure phpMyAdmin on CentOS 7. This post is going to show you how to do the same configuration on Ubuntu 14.04 and manage your MySQL databases via your web browsers. In our previous post, we said that MySQL databases can...
by Richard W | Sep 23, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web
Few weeks ago we showed you how to install VSFTPD in Ubuntu. We also said because FTP implemented in its standard form is inherently insecure, it’s recommended to enable FTP over SSL/TLS encryption or secure FTP (SFTP). This brief tutorial is going to show you how to...
by Richard W | Sep 22, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are three top content management systems that power most websites online today. These three depend on the LAMP stack which includes Linux, Apache2, MySQL or MariaDB and PHP. We’ve written about installing both WordPress and Drupal on...
by Richard W | Sep 18, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
Few weeks ago we showed you how to install ProFTPD in Ubuntu 14.04 and also said that by design, the FTP protocol is inherently insecure. If you have to implement FTP on your servers, you should opt for a secure FTP or SFTP. This brief tutorial is going to show you...
