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Commands to edit iptables

Posted on 05/01/2013 by Googs

To view the current rules and also view the rule ID use the following: iptables -L -n –line-numbers or iptables -nL -v –line-numbers To delete a rule use: iptables -D INPUT X (where x is the ID … Continue reading →

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Force complete website to HTTPS

Posted on 04/01/2013 by Googs

` The below can be added to the httpd.conf file for best performance as the whole site is being redirected to https (can also be added to a .htaccess file). The result is that when a client connects to the … Continue reading →

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Copy file permissions from one file to another!!!

Posted on 03/01/2013 by Googs

As the subject says the following can be used to copy the permission settings from one file to another chmod –reference <reference-file> <target-file> Example: chmod –reference <tobecopied.txt> <destination.txt>

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Output Apache access_log via syslog

Posted on 26/06/2012 by Googs

While I have not had the opportunity to test this yet Terry Burton of http://blog.terryburton.co.uk has a very simple solution to the issue of getting the Apache access_logs to be set via syslog. By default Apache only seems to support … Continue reading →

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Linux log tail

Posted on 15/08/2011 by Googs

A very handy command to use when debugging apache issues is the “tail -f” command. This will display continually output the last lines of each specified log file. i.e. “tail -f /var/log/https/access_log”

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