MySQL is the most widely used multi-user, multi-threading SQL database management system. To optimize MySQL performance, a DBA should have reasonable knowledge of MySQL system variables. This article covers the basics of MySQL server optimization. We will first discuss MySQL optimization during installation. Then we will discuss the seven most important and common system variables. [...]

 
The whole process of securing a Server or network is quite extensive. I’m discussing just one major aspect of Security here – Firewalls. Specifically my topic is about APF firewall.
I’m dividing this article into 2 sections :-
The first section is for amateurs. The second section is strictly for experts, at least for those who are [...]

 
Smbind is a PHP-based software tool for managing DNS zones for BIND via the web interface. This supports the per-user administration of zones, error checking, and a PEAR DB database backend.
 
1. INSTALLATION
Please download the smbind tar file from the download section using wget.

# wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/smbind/smbind-0.4.7.tar.gz
# tar -zxvf smbind-0.4.7.tar.gz
# cd smbind-0.4.7/

You will need to create a [...]

 
Smbind is a PHP-based software tool for managing DNS zones for BIND via the web interface. This supports the per-user administration of zones, error checking, and a PEAR DB database backend.
 
1. INSTALLATION
Please download the smbind tar file from the download section using wget.

# wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/smbind/smbind-0.4.7.tar.gz
# tar -zxvf smbind-0.4.7.tar.gz
# cd smbind-0.4.7/

You will need to create a [...]

Securing your Linux server is important to protect your data, intellectual property, and time, from the hands of crackers (hackers). The system administrator is responsible for security Linux box. In this first part of a Linux server security series, I will provide 20 hardening tips for default installation of Linux system.
 
 
 
#1: Encrypt Data Communication
All data [...]

Question:
I need to be able to copy one file to multiple directories, the only problem is the multiple directories have item that is unknown.
So I have a file that is located in c:\folder1\somefile.txt
I want to copy this file to the users home directories:
\\server\homes\user1\folder1\
\\server\homes\user2\folder1\
\\server\homes\userA\folder1\
\\server\homes\userX\folder1\
\\server\homes\user5\folder1\ …..
Everything is the same except the user name changes
How can this be [...]