Set up a CAcert SSL certificate for DirectAdmin

This is how to set up a SSL certificate on your server and running with it, using DirectAdmin on Debian GNU/Linux. All of the following tasks are done as root, from the command line: cd /usr/local/directadmin/conf create a private key: openssl genrsa -out cakey.pem...

Bash: How to send email from Terminal

With the minimum installation of any Linux operating system, you will not see most of the commands in your system. In minimum operating system installation only required packages are installed for running an operating system and skipped unnecessary packages. Mail...

How to enable SNMPv3 on Linux (Ubuntu or Debian)

SNMPv3 is an important step forward with respect to improved security. SNMPv1 and 2 send collected data unencrypted, as readable text, over the network.The information on getting SNMPv3 up and running on Linux is somewhat fragmented on the Internet, I decided to write...

MySQL Database User: Which Privileges are needed?

For normal WordPress operations, such as posting blog posts, uploading media files, posting comments, creating new WordPress users and installing WordPress plugins, the MySQL database user only needs data read and data write privileges to the MySQL database; SELECT,...

Securing WordPress

Security in WordPress is taken very seriously, but as with any other system there are potential security issues that may arise if some basic security precautions aren’t taken. This article will go through some common forms of vulnerabilities, and the things you...

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