As we know, new outlook keeps popping up in Windows Mail where you can toggle to use the new Outlook. Which is fucked up! Windows Mail is free, you can use outlook if you have free account but you cannot use Outlook if you purchase basic subscription. So I have no choice but to use Windows Mail because I only got basic subscription.

Somehow, Windows can force install this to your system and even replace the Mail to the new Outlook. I go through to few sites which they have the same problem with me.

But none of them works!!!

So, here's my solution. Open your notepad, write a powershell script, copy the code below...

# power shell

# show list of apps
# Get-AppxPackage | select Name, PackageFullName | Format-List

# remove outlook
Remove-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.OutlookForWindows_1.2024.916.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Get-AppxPackage -all Microsoft.OutlookForWindows_* | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers

then save the file as powershell script at any location you want, example: "D:\uninstall_outlook.ps1"

then open in your Windows Task Scheduler, create a task, schedule it to run every 10 minutes.

or (this is the one I used because Task Scheduler sucks!) download and use System Scheduler at https://www.splinterware.com/download/index.html -- the free version of course! System Scheduler is better doing the task than Windows Task Scheduler.

Do the same, create a task/event then in the Event tab, name the event or task. there fill up the other fields like:

  • Application: powershell.exe
  • Parameters: -File uninstall_outlook.ps1
  • Working Dir: D:\
  • State: Hidden

then go to the next tab, Schedule. Select Every hour / selected Minutes, then select every 5 minutes.

UPDATE 2024-10-14: ensure you run the system scheduler as "Administrator"

What does the powershell do?

What you did is simply create a script to uninstall outlook. So if Windows install the Outlook in the background, your script will counter which to uninstall Outlook without bothering you.

Wallah! Problem solved!

 

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VM: Resize Partition on a running system
Posted: 20 Sep 2021, 22:09pm - Monday

I was stuck for a while how to resize a running partition in my VM. Been searching for answers and all answers are quite long except this one:

root@silex5:~# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           798M  1.1M  797M   1% /run
/dev/sda2        49G   32G   15G  69% /
tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0      100M  100M     0 100% /snap/core/11420
/dev/loop1       18M   18M     0 100% /snap/pdftk/9
/dev/loop2      100M  100M     0 100% /snap/core/11606
tmpfs           798M     0  798M   0% /run/user/1011

root@silex5:~# growpart /dev/sda 2
CHANGED: partition=2 start=4096 old: size=104851456 end=104855552 new: size=251654111,end=251658207

root@silex5:~# resize2fs /dev/sda2
resize2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Filesystem at /dev/sda2 is mounted on /; on-line resizing required
old_desc_blocks = 7, new_desc_blocks = 15
The filesystem on /dev/sda2 is now 31456763 (4k) blocks long.

root@silex5:~# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           798M  1.1M  797M   1% /run
/dev/sda2       118G   32G   81G  29% /
tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0      100M  100M     0 100% /snap/core/11420
/dev/loop1       18M   18M     0 100% /snap/pdftk/9
/dev/loop2      100M  100M     0 100% /snap/core/11606
tmpfs           798M     0  798M   0% /run/user/1011
root@silex5:~# reboot

Reference: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/137482/how-to-to-resize-an-ext4-partition-from-the-command-line

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[ssllabs.com] How to get "A+" on SSL Server test
Posted: 23 Mar 2018, 9:38am - Friday
Nowadays its very important that you configure your Server's SSL right. So one thing to test your configuration is enter your website at Qualys SSL Server Test and get your score. So far, I can score A+ for this unlike the security headers, I only get "A". Its very simple to achieve this, just edit /etc/apache2/conf-available/ssl.conf and change following:
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2 -SSLv3

SSLHonorCipherOrder on
Then save your changes and restart your Apache. That's it! You should get an A+ for that. Note: It was just recently that you have to turn on that SSLHonorCipherOrder or "Apache for Forward Secrecy" to ON. Reference: https://www.digicert.com/ssl-support/ssl-enabling-perfect-forward-secrecy.htm
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MySQL + Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6
Posted: 21 Mar 2015, 21:02pm - Saturday
I have been experimenting on MySQL + Percona XtraDB Cluster (version 5.6). In my case, I used VMWare/VirtualBox. I created two images and label as DB1 and DB2 using Ubuntu 14.04.2 32bit (Trusty Tahr). My goal is to replicate the database from DB1 to DB2. If DB1 will be down, then DB2 will take over DB1. While fixing DB1, DB2 will serve then if DB1 is back online, DB1 will be the "Joiner" to the "Donor" (DB2). ...and vice versa. Installation First thing you need is to prepare the installation of Percona XtraDB Cluster. (must be root or right high privileges on performing this installation)
root@db1:~# apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 1C4CBDCDCD2EFD2A
One thing you need to ensure is you have all Ubuntu official repositories plus Percona APT repository. So what I did is replace /etc/apt/source.list with:
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 14.04.2 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release i386 (20150218.1)]/ trusty main restricted

###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse

## Ubuntu Security Updates
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

# Percona XtraDB Cluster
deb http://repo.percona.com/apt trusty main
deb-src http://repo.percona.com/apt trusty main
After updating the APT source list, execute:
root@db1:~# apt-get update
After that, you can install Percona XtraDB Cluster server and client packages:
root@db1:~# apt-get install percona-server-server-5.6 percona-server-client-5.6
This is where I got stuck when trying to connect the nodes. Remove apparmor!!! You can check first if apparmor is running:
root@db1:~# apparmor_status
If its running, remove it before causing problems to Percona.
root@db1:~# apt-get remove apparmor
Important Notes: Do the same installation in the 2nd node or DB2. Then to run the primary node (donor), DB1 in our case:
root@db1:~# service mysql bootstrap-pxc
 * Bootstrapping Percona XtraDB Cluster database server mysqld                       [ OK ]
root@db1:~#
Then run the 2nd node or joiner (DB2):
root@db2:~# service mysql start
mysql start/running, process 1550
root@db2:~#
~ or ~
root@db2:~# service mysql restart
mysql stop/waiting
mysql start/running, process 1550
root@db2:~#
Note: Always start first the primary node (DB1) then the next node (DB2) Testing Check if primary node (DB1) is working...
root@db1:~# mysql -u root -p -e "show status where Variable_name like '%wsrep_cluster%' OR Variable_name like '%wsrep_ready%';"
Enter password:
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Variable_name            | Value                                |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| wsrep_cluster_conf_id    | 5                                    |
| wsrep_cluster_size       | 1                                    |
| wsrep_cluster_state_uuid | 1fa1e1fc-cf8e-11e4-9664-3ea415c4a429 |
| wsrep_cluster_status     | Primary                              |
| wsrep_ready              | ON                                   |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+

root@db1:~# mysql -u root -p -e "show binary logs;"
Enter password:
+------------------+-----------+
| Log_name         | File_size |
+------------------+-----------+
| mysql-bin.000001 |       120 |
+------------------+-----------+
Next, check the 2nd node (DB2)...
root@db2:/etc/mysql# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 7
Server version: 5.6.22-72.0-56-log Percona XtraDB Cluster (GPL), Release rel72.0, Revision 978, WSREP version 25.8, wsrep_25.8.r4150

Copyright (coffee) 2009-2014 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates
Copyright (coffee) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql>
More TEST: I created a PHP script for DB1 and DB2 to test the replication. DB1 PHP Script (test_percona.php):
<?php

$connect = mysql_connect('localhost','root','secret');

mysql_select_db('test', $connect);

// insert if table not exists...
@mysql_query("create table if not exists data_test(
 id bigint(20) unsigned not null auto_increment primary key,
 data varchar(128),
 created datetime
);");

// inject data infinitely
while (true) {
        $data = sha1(time().rand(100,99999));
        echo $data." -> ".date("j M Y g:i.s a - l\n");
        @mysql_query("INSERT INTO data_test (data,created) VALUES ('".$data."', NOW())");
}

?>
DB2 PHP Script (monitor_percona.php):
<?php

$connect = mysql_connect('localhost','root','secret');

mysql_select_db('test', $connect);

$last_id = 0;

while (true) {
        $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM data_test WHERE id > ".$last_id." ORDER BY id ASC");
        $max = mysql_num_rows($result);
        if ($max > 0) {
                for ($i = 0; $i < $max; $i++) {
                        echo mysql_result($result,$i,"data")." -> ".date("j M Y g:i.s a - l", strtotime(mysql_result($result,$i,"created")))."\n";
                        $last_id = mysql_result($result,$i,"id");
                }
        }
}

?>
Then you can run the script on both nodes. To run in DB1 node, do:
root@db1:~# php test_percona.php
Then for the 2nd node:
root@db2:~# php monitor_percona.php
After that, you must see same output both nodes. percona_xc_test_result2 percona_xc_test_result  Encountered Issues (tail -f /var/log/mysql/error.log):
2015-03-21 20:19:11 6613 [Warning] WSREP: Gap in state sequence. Need state transfer.
2015-03-21 20:19:11 6613 [Note] WSREP: Running: 'wsrep_sst_xtrabackup-v2 --role 'joiner' --address '192.168.9.103' --auth 'sstuser:secret' --datadir '/var/lib/mysql/' --defaults-file '/etc/mysql/my.cnf' --parent '6613'  '' '
2015-03-21 20:19:11 6613 [ERROR] execlp() failed: Permission denied
2015-03-21 20:19:11 6613 [ERROR] WSREP: Failed to read 'ready <addr>' from: wsrep_sst_xtrabackup-v2 --role 'joiner' --address '192.168.9.103' --auth 'sstuser:secret' --datadir '/var/lib/mysql/' --defaults-file '/etc/mysql/my.cnf' --parent '6613'  '' Read: '(null)'
2015-03-21 20:19:11 6613 [ERROR] WSREP: Process completed with error: wsrep_sst_xtrabackup-v2 --role 'joiner' --address '192.168.9.103' --auth 'sstuser:secret' --datadir '/var/lib/mysql/' --defaults-file '/etc/mysql/my.cnf' --parent '6613'  '' : 1 (Operation not permitted)
2015-03-21 20:19:11 6613 [ERROR] WSREP: Failed to prepare for 'xtrabackup-v2' SST. Unrecoverable.
2015-03-21 20:19:11 6613 [ERROR] Aborting
To solve the issue is to remove the apparmor --- Reference: 
  • http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/5.6/installation/apt_repo.html
  • http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtradb-cluster/5.5/howtos/ubuntu_howto.html
  • http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtrabackup/2.1/innobackupex/pit_recovery_ibk.html
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CentOS 7: Enable Apache UserDIR
Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 20:16pm - Wednesday
I was used the old ways for enabling Apache UserDir but this time in CentOS 7, its different. So I'm kinda outdated. Even on restarting services are different. So here it is... :) First enable usedir.conf of apache.
nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/userdir.conf
Change from:
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
    #
    # UserDir is disabled by default since it can confirm the presence
    # of a username on the system (depending on home directory
    # permissions).
    #
    UserDir disabled
 
    #
    # To enable requests to /~user/ to serve the user's public_html
    # directory, remove the "UserDir disabled" line above, and uncomment
    # the following line instead:
    #
    UserDir public_html
 
</IfModule>
 
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
        Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
         Require all granted
</Directory>
To:
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
    #
    # UserDir is disabled by default since it can confirm the presence
    # of a username on the system (depending on home directory
    # permissions).
    #
    #UserDir disabled
 
    #
    # To enable requests to /~user/ to serve the user's public_html
    # directory, remove the "UserDir disabled" line above, and uncomment
    # the following line instead:
    #
    UserDir public_html
 
</IfModule>
 
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
        Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
         Require all granted
</Directory>
Then restart apache...
systemctl restart httpd.service
Then create user's public_html and its permissions (in my case, my user is prendstah):
mkdir /home/prendstah/public_html
chmod 711 /home/prendstah
chown prendstah:prendstah /home/prendstah/public_html
chmod 755 /home/prendstah/public_html
Then here's the other new things, especially you are using SELinux
setsebool -P httpd_enable_homedirs true
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /home/prendstah/public_html
That's it.. That should give you a user directory a public access.
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HowTo: Fortune & Cowsay
Posted: 2 Apr 2014, 20:59pm - Wednesday

fortune_cowsay

While working, I envy the terminal of my workmate, Roland Heymanns, showing a cow with quotes. So I install my own too. OS: Kali Linux (Debian) How to install:
root@mojo:~# apt-get install -y fortune cowsay
Then add the commands to your PATH
root@mojo:~# cd ~
root@mojo:~# nano .profile
or
root@mojo:~# cd ~
root@mojo:~# nano .bash_profile
Add the following to the end of the file (be sure its the right path for fortune and cowsay):
PATH=$PATH:/usr/games
export PATH
Save and exit. Next edit your .bashrc
root@mojo:~# cd ~
root@mojo:~# nano .bashrc
Add the the following lines to the end of the file...
fortune | cowsay -d
or if you don't want to set the PATH, simply edit your .bashrc and at the end of the file, add this line:
/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay -d
That's it... log off and log in again. Open your terminal, you'll have your cow greetings. In case you get an error like you cant locate fortune or fortune-mod or cowsay (most likely you will encounter this if you install your OS offline), update your source.list.
root@mojo: ~# nano /etc/apt/source.list
then replace the source with the following:
## Regular repositories
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
## Source repositories
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
then do the update and upgrade...
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
I think that would solve the problem...
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HowTo: iRedMail 0.8.6
Posted: 24 Feb 2014, 4:14am - Monday
This guide will cover the following:
  • Install iRedMail
  • Disable Greylisting
  • Enable Catch-All
  • Email Forwarder
Reference: HowToForge: iRedMail: Build A Full-Featured Mail Server On CentOS 6 With Postfix, Dovecot, PostgreSQL First of all, its better your server is a clean install. Download iRedmail at http://www.iredmail.org/download.html
tar -xvjf iRedMail-0.8.6.tar.bz2

cd iRedMail-0.8.6

bash iRedMail.sh
Just follow the wizard installation and after installation, do the following commands: (just some few fixes)
ln -s /etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf /etc/amavisd.conf

amavisd showkeys
Add the DKIM keys to your DNS and configure SPF too then you may test by casting the commands below; Refer to:
  1. http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/wiki/DNS_SPF
  2. http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/wiki/DNS_DKIM
amavisd testkeys
After reboot, we will now disable greylisting.
nano /etc/policyd/cluebringer.conf
Change from:
# Access Control module
[AccessControl]
enable=1

# Greylisting module
[Greylisting]
enable=1

# CheckHelo module
[CheckHelo]
enable=1

# CheckSPF module
[CheckSPF]
enable=1

# Quotas module
[Quotas]
enable=1
to:
# Access Control module
[AccessControl]
enable=1

# Greylisting module
[Greylisting]
enable=0

# CheckHelo module
[CheckHelo]
enable=1

# CheckSPF module
[CheckSPF]
enable=1

# Quotas module
[Quotas]
enable=1
Then reboot your server. (Don't know how to restart the policyd) hehehe.. Next is enable the Catch-All;
nano /etc/postfix/mysql/domain_alias_catchall_maps.cf
Change from:
query       = SELECT alias.goto FROM alias,alias_domain,domain WHERE alias_domain.alias_domain='%d' AND alias.address=CONCAT('%u', '@', alias_domain.target_domain) AND alias_domain.target_domain=domain.domain AND alias.active=1 AND alias_domain.active=1 AND domain.backupmx=0
to:
query       = SELECT alias.goto FROM alias,alias_domain,domain WHERE alias_domain.alias_domain='%d' AND (alias.address=CONCAT('%u', '@', alias_domain.target_domain) OR alias.address=CONCAT('@', alias_domain.target_domain)) AND alias_domain.target_domain=domain.domain AND alias.active=1 AND alias_domain.active=1 AND domain.backupmx=0
Save then restart postfix;
postfix stop

postfix start
Now catch-all is now enable in postfix. Next thing is add which domain to catch-all and where to go. Login to MySQL as root, use vmail database and add to the following rows to alias table.
INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, domain) VALUES ('@sample.co.nz', 'user@sample.co.nz', 'sample.co.nz');

INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, domain) VALUES ('@test.sample.co.nz', 'user@sample.co.nz', 'test.sample.co.nz');
Aside from catch all, you can setup the email forwarder too;
INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, domain) VALUES ('info@sample.co.nz', 'user@sample.co.nz', 'sample.co.nz');
All done.. its self explanatory... Hehehe... Hope this helps.   Some Reference:
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Centos 6.2: PHP, MySQL and Nginx
Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 15:53pm - Thursday
I've been curious about the word nginx. A lot of posting about nginx. So I do a little research and found out its a HTTP server. So I tried my own research and experiment which all sample configuration can be found at nginx.org. For my experiment, I used Centos 6.2, PHP, MySQL and the Nginx. Here's you will do it to setup Web Server using Nginx; Download first the EPEL for Centos 6 (http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel/6/i386/repoview/epel-release.html or [download id="31"]) -- purpose for this is so you can install the per-requesites of Nginx like spawn-fcgi.
[root@server ~]# wget http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

[root@server ~]# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

[root@server nginx]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, protectbase, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.ipserverone.com
 * epel: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk
 * extras: centos.ipserverone.com
 * updates: centos.ipserverone.com
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
repo id                                                        repo name                                                                                              status
base                                                           CentOS-6 - Base                                                                                        6,294
epel                                                           Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64                                                         7,561
extras                                                         CentOS-6 - Extras                                                                                          6
nginx                                                          nginx repo                                                                                                23
updates                                                        CentOS-6 - Updates                                                                                     1,147
repolist: 15,031
Then install nginx.
[root@server ~]# yum -y install nginx
Install PHP, MySQL and other packages.
[root@server ~]# yum -y install php-pear-Net-Socket php-pear php-common php-gd php-devel php php-mbstring php-pear-Mail php-cli php-imap php-snmp php-pdo php-xml php-pear-Auth-SASL php-ldap php-pear-Net-SMTP php-mysql
Install spawn-fgi
[root@server ~]# yum -y install spawn-fcgi
Download and setup the spawn-fcgi to init.d ([download id="32"])
[root@server ~]# wget http://bash.cyberciti.biz/dl/419.sh.zip
[root@server ~]# unzip 419.sh.zip
[root@server ~]# mv 419.sh /etc/init.d/php_cgi
[root@server ~]# chmod +x /etc/init.d/php_cgi
Start PHP app server and check if running
[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/php_cgi start
[root@server ~]# netstat -tulpn | grep :9000
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:9000              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1843/php-cgi
Configure nginx.conf for PHP based webserver for Wordpress, Drupal & Joomla (Download: [download id="33"]).
[root@server nginx]# cat nginx.conf

user  nginx;
worker_processes  1;

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
                      '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                      '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    keepalive_timeout  65;

    #gzip  on;

    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;

    server {
        listen 80 default_server;
        server_name .nginx.ph;
        access_log /var/log/nginx/nginx.ph_access_log;
        error_log /var/log/nginx/nginx.ph_error_log;

        index index.html index.php index.htm;

        root /home/camilord/public_html;

        location / {
           # if you're just using wordpress and don't want extra rewrites
           # then replace the word @rewrites with /index.php
           try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrites;
        }

        location @rewrites {
           # Can put some of your own rewrite rules in here
           # for example rewrite ^/~(.*)/(.*)/? /users/$1/$2 last;
           # If nothing matches we'll just send it to /index.php
           rewrite ^ /index.php last;
        }

        # This block will catch static file requests, such as images, css, js
        # The ?: prefix is a 'non-capturing' mark, meaning we do not require
        # the pattern to be captured into $1 which should help improve performance
        location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
                # Some basic cache-control for static files to be sent to the browser
                expires max;
                add_header Pragma public;
                add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
        }

        # remove the robots line if you want to use wordpress' virtual robots.txt
        location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
        location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

        # this prevents hidden files (beginning with a period) from being served
        location ~ /\.          { access_log off; log_not_found off; deny all; }

        location ~ \.php {
                fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING       $query_string;
                fastcgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD     $request_method;
                fastcgi_param  CONTENT_TYPE       $content_type;
                fastcgi_param  CONTENT_LENGTH     $content_length;

                fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
                fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                fastcgi_param  REQUEST_URI        $request_uri;
                fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_URI       $document_uri;
                fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_ROOT      $document_root;
                fastcgi_param  SERVER_PROTOCOL    $server_protocol;

                fastcgi_param  GATEWAY_INTERFACE  CGI/1.1;
                fastcgi_param  SERVER_SOFTWARE    nginx;

                fastcgi_param  REMOTE_ADDR        $remote_addr;
                fastcgi_param  REMOTE_PORT        $remote_port;
                fastcgi_param  SERVER_ADDR        $server_addr;
                fastcgi_param  SERVER_PORT        $server_port;
                fastcgi_param  SERVER_NAME        $server_name;

                fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        }

       #location ~ \.php$
       #{
       #    root           html;
       #    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
       #    fastcgi_index  index.php;
       #    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /usr/share/nginx/html$fastcgi_script_name;
       #    include        fastcgi_params;
       #}
    }
}
Restart Nginx
[root@server ~]# service nginx restart
I think that's it.. it should be working because its working on my CentOS linux box. :) Reference:
  1. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-fedora-install-configure-nginx-php5/
  2. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-fedora-centos-linux-enable-epel-repo/
  3. http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/06/enable-epel-repository/
  4. http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel/6/i386/repoview/epel-release.html
  5. http://wiki.nginx.org/ServerBlockExample
  6. http://kbeezie.com/view/nginx-configuration-examples/
 
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Securing Web Folders
Posted: 27 Apr 2012, 2:23am - Friday
Create or Add this to .htaccess
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Members Only"
AuthUserFile /home/user/public_html/secretfolder/.htpasswd
<limit GET PUT POST>
         require valid-user
</limit>
then execute the htpasswd command;
htpasswd -c /home/user/public_html/secretfolder/.htpasswd admin
That's it.. if you visit http://servername.com/~user/secretfolder/ -- it will prompt a username and password. So you have to enter admin as username and the password you entered. Enjoy~!
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docker
Posted: 14 May 2024, 19:18pm - Tuesday

 I have been using docker lately. I have these legacy personal projects that I can't just abandon them. Still display in my portfolio. :) Then my new projects are now using Symfony 6.4 with MySQL 8.0. It is the time that I need both MySQL v5.7 and v8.x to run side-by-side in my server. Here's my docker-compose.yaml

version: '3.1'

services:
   mysql8:
      container_name: docker_mysql8
      image: mysql:8.0
      ports:
        - 3313:3306
      restart: always
      environment:
        MYSQL_USER: user
        MYSQL_PASSWORD: xxx
        MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: xxx
        MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: "%"
        MYSQL_PORT: 3306
      volumes:
        - /var/lib/mysqld8:/var/lib/mysql
      healthcheck:
        test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost"]
        timeout: 20s
        retries: 10
      networks:
        - default
   mysql5_7:
      container_name: docker_mysql5_7
      image: mysql:5.7
      ports:
        - 3312:3306
      restart: always
      environment:
        MYSQL_USER: user
        MYSQL_PASSWORD: xxxx
        MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: xxxx
        MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: "%"
        MYSQL_PORT: 3306
      volumes:
        - /var/lib/mysqld57:/var/lib/mysql
      healthcheck:
        test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost"]
        timeout: 20s
        retries: 10
      networks:
        - default

 

then save it let's say at "/srv/mysql/docker-compose.yaml" and to initialise, run "docker-compose up -d"

one thing to remember though, if you want to make some changes. Never cast the command: "docker-composer down" because this will delete the data you got in the container unless you created backups.

instead, just do "docker-compose stop" to stop the container and "docker-compose start" when you want to get the container running again.

if errors encounter, simply just restart docker then cast "systemctl restart docker" then go to "/srv/mysql" and run "docker-compose up -d"

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testssl.sh - testing SSL
Posted: 12 Jul 2021, 20:33pm - Monday

I have been using https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html and today I found a script to give me report the same ssllabs.com does.

The bash script based is really good. Very helpful giving me the report I need.

https://testssl.sh/ -- You can download the script from their github.

Here's the sample report: (I can display this because its an A+ verdict)

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[securityheaders.io] Getting an "A"
Posted: 22 Mar 2018, 11:29am - Thursday
We've been dealing with our servers and systems security audit. One thing I need to achieve is getting an A score in our security headers. So far I got "A" and if you are achieving the same goal, here's the steps: Go to /etc/apache2/conf-available and edit security.conf then at the bottom of the file, add the following below:
#
# to apply this settings, you must enable apache headers first...
# e.g.: a2enmod headers
#
# headers customised by camilo3rd | 2018-03-22 ---- [start]
#
Header unset Content-Security-Policy
#Header add Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'"
Header add Content-Security-Policy "default-src * 'self'; img-src * 'self' data: 'unsafe-inline'; style-src * 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src * 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; report-uri https://www.abcs.co.nz/violationReportForCSP.php;"

Header unset X-Content-Security-Policy
#Header add X-Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'"
Header add X-Content-Security-Policy "default-src * 'self'; img-src * 'self' data: 'unsafe-inline'; style-src * 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src * 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval';"

Header unset X-WebKit-CSP
#Header add X-WebKit-CSP "default-src 'self'"
Header add  X-WebKit-CSP "default-src * 'self'; img-src * 'self' data: 'unsafe-inline'; style-src * 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src * 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval';"
Header always set Referrer-Policy "same-origin"

Header set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
#Header set X-Frame-Options "DENY"
Header set X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN
Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=631138519; includeSubDomains"
#
# headers customised by camilo3rd | 2018-03-22 ---- [end]
#
Then save.. Restart your apache and that's it. You should get an A score. To understand those statements above especially the values, please refer to:
  • https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/csp/
  • https://content-security-policy.com/
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My Server's 100 days
Posted: 16 Mar 2015, 7:45am - Monday
[root@server ~]# uptime
 20:43:38 up 100 days, 19:11,  2 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05
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Cisco 1841 configuration for Vodafone NZ UFB
Posted: 8 Dec 2014, 3:13am - Monday
I believed I am not the only one needs this information. It took me ages to crack this configuration. I've been calling Vodafone technical support and all I can get is "I will forward you to blah blah blah..." and then no one will answer. I waited for nothing. I also sent an email to Vodafone and replied after 2 weeks which I already resolved the issue. I joined the Vodafone community and still not that helpful but I got a clue from Dylan (thanks mate!). So below is my working Cisco 1841 configuration for VodafoneNZ UFB (UltraFast Broadband or Fibre Connection with a speed of 100mbps download and 50mbps upload.)
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 1742 bytes
!
version 12.x
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname camilord.net
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
enable secret 5 $1$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
!
no aaa new-model
!
resource policy
!
mmi polling-interval 60
no mmi auto-configure
no mmi pvc
mmi snmp-timeout 180
ip cef
!
!
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.49
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.0.200 192.168.0.254
!
ip dhcp pool INTERNAL
   import all
   network 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0
   default-router 192.168.0.1
!
!
no vlan accounting
!
!
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
 no ip address
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.10
 encapsulation dot1Q 10
 ip address dhcp
 ip nat outside
 no snmp trap link-status
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
 ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
 ip nat inside
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface ATM0/0/0
 no ip address
 shutdown
 no atm ilmi-keepalive
 dsl operating-mode auto
!
interface Serial0/1/0
 no ip address
 shutdown
 no fair-queue
 clock rate 2000000
!
interface Serial0/1/1
 no ip address
 shutdown
 clock rate 2000000
!
ip default-gateway [YOUR_ISP_GATEWAY]
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 [YOUR_ISP_GATEWAY]
!
!
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip nat inside source list 100 interface FastEthernet0/0.10 overload
ip nat inside source static [HOME_SERVER_IP] interface FastEthernet0/0.10
!
access-list 100 remark Traffic allowed to NAT
access-list 100 permit ip 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 100 deny   ip any any
!
!
!
control-plane
!
!
banner motd ^CCAMILO3RD NETWORK: Restricted Area! Authorised Access only!^C
!
line con 0
 password xxxxxxxxxx
 login
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 password xxxxxxxxxx
 login
!
end


Note: [YOUR_ISP_GATEWAY] is an IP address, this value should be replaced, please refer to your current modem configuration. [HOME_SERVER_IP] is my home server, forwarding all incoming request traffic to my home server. In my case, I got public/static IP address to forward all the traffic. If you need access to your Vodafone default modem-router (in my case its HG659), use:
Username: Admin
Password: VF-NZhg659
or visit http://www.neatstuff.co.nz/HG659.html Hope this will help you. If you find this article helpful and have extra penny, click the donate button below:
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Code Igniter: Cannot get POST values
Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 22:01pm - Thursday
I encountered this issue in Code Igniter that I cannot get the POST values. Some says its the .htaccess issue. I used same .htaccess with all my application and works fine. I was working on my new environment, Kali Linux, and realised that its the mod_rewrite module wasn't loaded and partly affects the .htaccess.
# cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/
# locate mod_rewrite
/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so
# touch rewrite.load
# nano rewrite.load
At the file:
LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so
Save the changes and restart apache. Hope this will help you... Pee coding!
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Git: Can't push problem
Posted: 11 Feb 2014, 8:12am - Tuesday
My workmate, Sid Bachtiar, was working on our git repo server and we're having issue on pushing the files. It keep us telling nothing to push. Solution:
[root@git helpdesk]# find /home/git/repotest.git -type d -exec chmod 775 {} +
or if still doesnt work...
[root@git helpdesk]# chmod 775 -R /home/git/repotest.git
  So that git can write files... Done!
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Manage Apache Download Speed and Traffic Limits
Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 22:36pm - Wednesday
I've been experimenting on how I can limit the download speed via Apache configuration. This method is good for file-sharing website and for hosting servers. In my case, I am using Centos 5.5 and Apache 2.2.3 + mod_cband 0.9.7.5. So, here's what you will do... Assume you already installed the Apache.
  1. Install Apache Development libraries by casting "yum -y install apache-devel"
  2. Download "mod_cband" from http://dembol.org/blog/mod_cband/ or direct download link at http://dembol.org/downloads/cband/mod-cband-0.9.7.5.tgz
Follow steps (must be root mode)...
cd ~
wget http://dembol.org/downloads/cband/mod-cband-0.9.7.5.tgz
tar xzvf mod-cband-0.9.7.5.tgz
cd mod-cband-0.9.7.5
./configure
make
make install
To check if successfully installed, type just like below and must have same result:
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | grep mod_cband.so
LoadModule cband_module       /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_cband.so
Then add the code below at httpd.conf then save and restart apache.
CBandScoreFlushPeriod 1
CBandRandomPulse On
Next is add a "scoreboard"
mkdir /var/www/scoreboard
chown apache:apache /var/www/scoreboard/
Final steps is create an vhost entry at /etc/httpd/conf.d just like this (in my case, I created cband.com as my vhost);
[root@localhost conf.d]# cat cband.com.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@cband.com
    DocumentRoot /home/cband.com/public_html
    ServerName cband.com
    CBandSpeed 1024 10 30
    CBandRemoteSpeed 50kb/s 3 3
    CBandLimit 500M
    CBandExceededSpeed 128 5 15
    CBandScoreboard /var/www/scoreboard
    CBandPeriod 4W
    CBandExceededURL http://cband.com/exceeded.html

    <Location /cband-status>
      SetHandler cband-status
    </Location>
    <Location /cband-status-me>
      SetHandler cband-status-me
    </Location>

    ErrorLog logs/cband.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/cband.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

[root@localhost conf.d]#
After you created the vhost file, restart your apache. You can check the status of certain vhost by accessing the URL: http://cband.com/cband-status or another status URL: http://cband.com/cband-status-me Further Explanation:
  1. CBandSpeed 1024 10 30 -- Overall apache performance. Max bandwidth speed is 1024bits per secs. 10 requests per secs. 30 max connections
  2. CBandRemoteSpeed 50kb/s 3 3 -- Individual apache performance. Max bandwidth speed is 50kb/s, max 3 requests/s and max 3 connections
  3. CBandLimit 500M -- 500MB max bandwidth limit
  4. CBandExceededSpeed 128 5 15 -- Bandwidth speed limit at 128kbps, 5 request/s and max of 15 connections
  5. CBandScoreboard /var/www/scoreboard -- scoreboard location
  6. CBandPeriod 4W - time to refresh
  7. CBandExceededURL http://cband.com/exceeded.html -- if bandwidth exceeded, redirect to the specified URL.
You can use the following units in the mod_cband directives:

Transfer speeds:

    kbps: 1024 bits per second
    Mbps: 1024*1024 bits per second
    Gbps: 1024*1024*1024 bits per second
    The default is kbps.

Transfer quotas:

    K: 1000 bytes
    M: 1000*1000 bytes
    G: 1000*1000*1000 bytes
    Ki: 1024 bytes
    Mi: 1024*1024 bytes
    Gi: 1024*1024*1024 bytes
    The default is K.

Time periods:

    S: seconds
    M: minutes
    H: hours
    D: days
    W: weeks
    The default is S.
Reference: Download mod_cband file:
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RoundCube WebMail plugin: 2-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Posted: 26 Oct 2021, 21:50pm - Tuesday

I was looking for a plugin to implement 2FA in my mail server. I found alexandregz/twofactor_gauthenticator but its quite outdated and quirky. Seems not maintained. So I forked it, the foundation is there and just need to improve it.

After few days of work, here's my improved 2FA for RoundCube webmail. Please feel free to use it and it works well with RoundCube v1.5.x

Git Repo: https://github.com/camilord/twofactor_gauthenticator

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It's been a while I haven't checked my server with latest configuration with SSL stuff. When I did, I got B. So today, I make my SSL in my server great again! lol

So how I did it...

a2endmod headers

Make sure you enable the headers for the "Strict-Transport-Security"

Then next is edit your ssl.conf, currently my server is not Ubuntu 20.04LTS, not using CentOS 7.x anymore due to work related getting used to it. So in Ubuntu, the config file is located at: /etc/apache2/mods-available/ssl.conf

        #SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL
        SSLCipherSuite "EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384 EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256 EECDH+aRSA+SHA384 EECDH+aRSA+SHA256 EECDH EDH+aRSA !CAMELLIA !SEED !3DES !RC4 !aNULL !eNULL !LOW !MD5 !EXP !PSK !SRP !DSS"

        #SSLProtocol all -SSLv3
        SSLProtocol TLSv1.2
        SSLCompression off
        SSLHonorCipherOrder on

        SSLUseStapling          on
        SSLStaplingResponderTimeout 5
        SSLStaplingReturnResponderErrors off
        SSLStaplingCache        shmcb:/var/run/ocsp(128000)

        # Header always set Strict-Transport-Security
        Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains; preload"

So that's it, you'll get A+ for that coz I did! :) Cheers!

Implemented on my personal projects:

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Bash: File Server Hourly Backup Script
Posted: 11 May 2016, 3:04am - Wednesday
Been creating bash backup scripts but every time I create for the new server, I forgot the commands and research again. This time, I'm gonna save it in my blog so that I will search it in one place. Hehehe...
#!/bin/bash

cd /backup/

DATE=$(date "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
BACKUPNAME="jdrive_$DATE"

mkdir $BACKUPNAME

# find -mtime -1 | xargs cp -t --parents "$BACKUPNAME/"

find /jdrive/ -mmin -60 -exec cp --parents '{}' "$BACKUPNAME/" \;

tar -zcvf "ibackup/$BACKUPNAME.tar.gz" "$BACKUPNAME/"

rm -rf "$BACKUPNAME/"

# file and delete all files smaller than the specified filesize
find /backup/ibackup/ -name "*.gz" -size -500 -delete

# file and delete all files that are older than 45 days
find /backup/ibackup/ -mtime +45 -type f -exec rm -rf {} \;
Here you go... My home-brewed incremental backup script. We usually use duplicity but it failed us twice. So, we are using now both my home-brewed script and duplicity. Oh! by the way,  I used this script for our file server only.
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Prendstah.com got A+ grade from ssllabs.com
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 11:09am - Monday
I was curious how Sid Bachtiar got the high grade of his SSL Report. It challenge me and give me interest how to do it. So I did. Oh Yeah! Got the A+ SSL Report grade. prendstah_Aplus_on_ssllabs

SSL Test: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=prendstah.com

 

skype_a-ssl

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HyperTerminal
Posted: 11 Nov 2014, 5:47am - Tuesday
I believed a lot of you out there is looking for HyperTerminal on Windows 7, 8 and other latest Windows version. My usage for this HyperTerminal software is configuring Cisco Network equipments. Feel free to download this HyperTerminal from Windows XP. ^_^

hypertrm2

Make sure you configure the application's compatibility first...

hypertrm1

Download [download id="40"]

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Allow postfix  to send email with different sender from SMTP account... Error:
postfix/smtpd[27402]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[125.123.123.100]: 553 5.7.1 <user@xxx.co.nz>: Sender address rejected: not owned by user user@xxx.co.nz; from=<xxx@xxx.co.nz> to=<xxx@gmail.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<localhost>
Edit postfix configuration:
[root@mail ~]# nano /etc/postfix/main.cf
Change from:
smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_sender_login_mismatch, permit_sasl_authenticated
To:
smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated
Then restart postfix...
[root@mail ~]# postfix stop
postfix/postfix-script: stopping the Postfix mail system
postfix/postfix-script: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
[root@mail ~]# postfix start
postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
[root@mail ~]#
That's it.. You can now change your from or reply-to in your PHPMailer. :) Hope this helps...
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Installing subversion in CentOS
Posted: 4 Aug 2012, 22:31pm - Saturday
THIS IS A REPOST FROM electrictoolbox.com...
Subversion (SVN) is a version control system. This post looks at how to install subversion on CentOS (the process is similar for other Linux distros) and the setting up a repository. To install subversion on CentOS you need to have the RMForge custom repository enabled, and then issue the following command:
yum -y install subversion
This will check for any dependencies and then prompt you to install those and subversion itself. Type in "y" and <enter> to install these. Unfortunately it doesn't set up anything else after installing the necessary files, so you need to add a subversion user and set up the repositories etc yourself. If we decide to call the subversion user "svn" then you add them like so:
useradd svn
passwd svn
And then change to the subversion user like so:
su svn
Change to the svn user's directory and then create a "repositories" directory like so:
cd
mkdir repositories
And now create your project's repository. For example, if we had a project called "myproject" you would do this:
cd repositories
svnadmin create myproject
There will now be a "myproject" directory containing the following:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 svn svn  229 Nov 21 16:58 README.txt
drwxrwxr-x 2 svn svn 1024 Nov 21 16:58 conf
drwxrwsr-x 6 svn svn 1024 Nov 21 16:58 db
-r--r--r-- 1 svn svn    2 Nov 21 16:58 format
drwxrwxr-x 2 svn svn 1024 Nov 21 16:58 hooks
drwxrwxr-x 2 svn svn 1024 Nov 21 16:58 locks
You need to edit "myproject/conf/svnserve.conf" and uncomment the following lines:
auth-access = write
password-db = passwd
and edit the password file "myproject/conf/passwd" adding a new user and password. Note that the password is stored in plain text. In the following example we have a user called "john" whose password is "foobar123":
[users]
john = foobar123
And finally, as the svn user, start the subversion daemon like so:
svnserve -d -r /home/svn/repositories
You can now connect to the subversion repository at e.g. svn://svn@hostname/myproject You can add additional repositories under this user using the "svnadmin create" command and then access them at svn://[userame]@[hostname]/[project name] You can use tortoiseSVN as client.
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I created some script in php, encrypting and decrypting my emails. but when I ran the script, got some issues. When I traced it, the php-mcrypt library is missing. I am using CentOS 6.2 at 64bit architecture. Some says I will move the libmcrypt.so.4 and  libmcrypt.so.4.4.8 from /usr/lib to usr/lib64 and /usr/lib/php/mcrypt.so to /usr/lib64/php/mcrypt.so but when I check the file, its not there. The files aren't there at the installed directory. to check this issues, cast php -v;
[root@mail lib64]# php -v
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mcrypt.so' - libmcrypt.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0
PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Feb  2 2012 23:47:49)
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
    with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.0.10, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by ionCube Ltd.
If there's PHP Warning, then that means there are missing files... if more warnings, probably there's a problem during installation of your php. But in this guide, I will only discuss how to fix the php-mcrypt issues. First download the lacking files, which are;
  1. libmcrypt-2.5.8-4.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm
  2. php-mcrypt-5.3.3-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
You can download those files at rpmfind.net or rpm.pbone.net. Then extract the files inside the rpm pack by using the command rpm2cpio.
[root@mail ~]# rpm2cpio libmcrypt-2.5.8-4.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
[root@mail ~]# rpm2cpio php-mcrypt-5.3.3-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
Then move the files that you just extracted to /usr/lib64 and after moving the files, restart httpd and cast again the php -v.
[root@mail ~]# php -v
PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Feb  2 2012 23:47:49)
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
    with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.0.10, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by ionCube Ltd.
[root@mail ~]#
This is the output you should get, no PHP Warnings and php-mcrypt should be working fine. That's it! Happy solving!
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