Friday, December 30, 2011

HP Microserver storage system.



http://www.homedepot.com/Featured-Products-Storage-Solutions-Crate-Bin-and-Cubbie-Storage/h_d1/N-5yc1vZc0wh/R-202104735/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&superSkuId=202858033

I bought this today, needed a way to organize some electronics, and what the heck stuff. Then when I got home I realized that the HP Microserver fits perfectly. With enough room around it for breathing. I used wood glue in the construction to make the build stronger. Habit, all cheap furniture, I use wood glue.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

---> Package antlr.x86_64 0:2.7.6-4jpp.2 set to be updated
---> Package java-1.4.2-gcj-compat.x86_64 0:1.4.2.0-40jpp.115 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers for package: java-1.4.2-gcj-compat
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers for package: java-1.4.2-gcj-compat
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers for package: java-1.4.2-gcj-compat
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers for package: java-1.4.2-gcj-compat
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115.x86_64 from base has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers is needed by package java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115.x86_64 (base)
Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers is needed by package java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115.x86_64 (base)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
The program package-cleanup is found in the yum-utils package.

I actually was trying to remove java and tomcat from the server, but this was giving me issues. So I ran:

rpm -Uvh http://plone.lucidsolutions.co.nz/linux/centos/images/jpackage-utils-compat-el5-0.0.1-1.noarch.rpm


yum update
To confirm that it had been resolved.

I wished I had posted the php issues I was having and how I resolved them, but deleted the notes.
Which installed what I needed to fix those issues, then removed the packages I didn't want such as java, tomcat, and eclipse.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011


HP ProLiant N40L Ultra Micro Tower Server System AMD Turion II Neo N40L

Wanted to post a picture of the motherboard in case anyone needed it.

Monday, November 21, 2011

To find the ssh port on server, with the help of whm.

http://ip:2086/xml-api/cpanel?user=cpanel&cpanel_xmlapi_apiversion=1&cpanel_xmlapi_module=SSH&cpanel_xmlapi_func=getport

Useful when people forget their ssh ports.

Thursday, November 03, 2011

This is for vps, dedicated, etc. Wrote the howto about 10 mins ago.

Login to your server via SSH as root.

Then Type: cd /usr/local/src/

2. Download RKHunter Version 1.3.8

Type: wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/rkhunter/files/rkhunter/1.3.8/rkhunter-1.3.8.tar.gz

3. Extract files

Type: tar -xzvf rkhunter-1.3.8.tar.gz

4. Type: cd rkhunter-1.3.8

5. Type: ./installer.sh --install

6. Setup RKHunter to e-mail you you daily scan reports.

Type: nano -w /etc/cron.daily/rkhunter.sh
Add The Following:
#!/bin/bash
(/usr/local/bin/rkhunter -c --cronjob 2>&1 | mail -s "RKhunter Scan Details" name@domain.com < /var/log/rkhunter.log

Type: chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/rkhunter.sh

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Stupid expression that comes in handy.

cat document |mail -s subject email@domain.com

What I tend to use if for is like nmap 192.168.0.1-254 >> file
Then email the document to myself. I could just probably do nmap IP's >>file|mail -s subject email@domain.com but I like to read through the file. But it comes in handy.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Ok, so a server was root kit'ed. Not mine, a client's. It was on a xenserver. All the /bin files hosed. Because of this (/bin/basename /bin/hostname /bin awk, etc) was out, I couldn't get the server back online to grab all the files off of it. I am grateful the client had a near identical build to one of mine. So I copied my /bin directory to a thumb drive, and copied the files over the /bin/ directory. reboot, and system came back online, then was able to use the rootkit checker to verify, and yes, there was a rootkit. The VM still has to be re-imaged, but because it could get online, we could then backup the server of its content, and re-import them when its done.