How To Setup Disk Quotas For MySQL Database

MySQL server has no support for preventing disk from getting filled up. You need to depend upon external configurations. Let us see how to use standard Linux disk quota to limit user database size.
Suppose you have a user foo on the system as well as on MySQL. Now how do you limit space for [...]

Get Information About Your BIOS / Server Hardware From a Shell Without Opening Chassis ( BIOS Decoder )

biosdecode is a command line utility to parses the BIOS memory and prints information about all structures (or entry points) it knows of. You can find out more information about your hardware.
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Tips To Protect Your WordPress Blog

Matt Cutts recently wrote a post giving Three tips to protect your WordPress installation. Try these tips if you own a WordPress blog.

Clear your printer spooler from commandline

For one reason or the other, a print job may get hung up and stop responding. One way to possibly clear this problem up is to use the command line to stop and restart the printer spooler. The services command sc� can be used. In the command prompt, enter sc stop spooler� followed by sc [...]

Shell tip: Clear the command history and screen when you log out

For security reason you may want to clear the history file and the screen when you hit CTRL+D or type logout command as you dont want to left content on screen (i..e avoid an information leak). Some Linux distro may clear the screen but others do not clear the screen when you logout.
When a login [...]

How to: Install KDE 4 Desktop under Ubuntu Linux 7.10

KDE 4 has been released. I’ve received couple of questions about installing KDE 4 under Ubuntu Linux 7.10. KDE 4 Packages are available for Ubuntu Linux version 7.10 (Gutsy) and from development Ubuntu Linux Hardy version. They install to /usr/lib/kde4 and can be installed alongside your existing KDE 3. However these packages are not compatible [...]

How to create your own Linux live CD easy way!

A LiveCD is an operating system along with useful apps stored on a bootable CD-ROM / DVD disk. You can run complete operating system without installation on a hard disk. I often use Knoppix Live CD for troubleshooting, fixing computers and testing new hardware.
This article talks about generating your customized Linux distribution using NimbleX Live [...]

Linux: Find out how many file descriptors are being used

While administrating a box, you may wanted to find out what a processes is doing and find out how many file descriptors (fd) are being used. You will surprised to find out that process does open all sort of files:
=> Actual log file
=> /dev files
=> UNIX Sockets
=> Network sockets
=> Library files /lib /lib64
=> Executables and [...]

Quick tip: Tell what hardware is connected via USB to my Linux desktop

USB devices are quite common these days. I’ve digital cam, Pen drive, external hard disk, mouse and other stuff. So how do I tell what hardware is connected via USB to my Linux desktop?
lsusb is a utility for displaying information about USB buses in the system and the devices connected to them. To make use [...]

How To Repair or Replace Boot.ini in Windows XP

The boot.ini file is a hidden file that is used to identify in what folder on which partition and on which hard drive Windows XP is located. Boot.ini can become damaged, corrupted or deleted for a number of reasons and is usually brought to your attention by an error message.
Follow these easy steps to [...]
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