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syslogd klogd warning in firewall

If you are getting this WARNING message, what you need to do?

Syslogd appears to be running, but not klogd which logs kernel firewall messages to syslog. You should ensure that klogd is running.

How do you enable klogd?

Fire a command:
#whereis klogd
Then simply run klogd with full path:
klogd

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Find files greater than MB GB size in linux ssh

Find files greater than MB GB size in linux ssh. ( Such a helpful ssh command to find big, larger or largest file on server)

The following ssh command will list all the files in the system greater than 200MB.
# find / -type f -size +200M

The following ssh command will list all the files greater than 2GB.
# find / -type f -size +2G

The following ssh command will list all the files greater than 10MB from home folder only.
# find /home -type f -size +10M

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Reboot Server from SSH

Reboot Server from SSH

How to reboot Linux server from ssh? Is it same for local and remote Linux system?

Linux has various ways to reboot a system. It is also known as halt, poweroff, shutdown, init etc.

Coming to the point, rebooting your Linux server from ssh console: The most important thing, you should be logged in as root to reboot the system. Once you are in as root, type any of the following command as per your requirement.

INSTANT REBOOT LINUX SERVER:

# reboot
OR
# /sbin/reboot
OR
# shutdown -r now
OR
# /sbin/shutdown -r now

Want to send a notification to logged in users about this reboot? Then type the following command:
# shutdown -r +2 (This will send the message to all the users that the system is going to reboot in next 2 minutes.)

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cPanel Dedicated Server PHP Security Setup

PHP Warning – PHP Startup – Suhosin Extension does not officially support PHP 5.2

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Suhosin Extension
does not officially support PHP 5.2 and below anymore, because it is
discontinued. Use it at your own risk. in Unknown on line 0

Since the php upgrade, you might have noticed these type of errors in your server logs. Must be wondering a perfect solution for this.

Actually you should be able to use the latest build, however some older scripts or applications might get in trouble, unless they are ready for latest php version. You need not to worry any more, as you have jumped to right place for it. Just follow the below given steps and you will be at rest.

What to do?

Easy enough, downgrade suhosin from 0.9.33 to 0.9.31 :

# remove suhosin from easyapache php config
/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/phpextensionmgr uninstall PHPSuHosin

# download and install older suhosin
wget http://download.suhosin.org/suhosin-0.9.31.tgz
tar zxf suhosin-0.9.31.tgz
cd suhosin-0.9.31
phpize
./configure
make
make install

#open php.ini and add line loading suhosin
vi /usr/local/lib/php.ini

#Add following line into extensions section:
extension=”suhosin.so”

Save and close the file,  restart apache and you are done. You can also verify if everything is ok with the command php -v from the prompt.

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Remote server requires Network Level Authentication (NLA)

How to enable RDP access on server requires Network Level Authentication (NLA)

With Remote Desktop (RDP) when connecting to a Windows Server (XP-SP3 or 2003/2008) with newer remote host, you might get an error saying that “The remote computer requires Network Level Authentication (NLA), which your local pc/laptop/desktop computer doesn’t support.”

To enable the RDP access on server requires Network Level Authentication (NLA) you need to follow below given steps [be careful with registry editor, it’s helpful to backup your registry first, you have been warned]:

  1. Install Service Pack 3 [if XP]
  2. Click Start->Run, type regedit and then press enter
  3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
  4. Double click on “Security Packages”, to modify the values, leave all existing values, and just add “tspkg” at the end of the list, click OK to save your changes.
  5. Now, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders
  6. Double click on “SecurityProviders”, and in the dialog box, add “credssp.dll” at the end, be sure that if the list that is present currently is separated by commas, that you add a comma to the value immediately before the “credssp.dll”. Click OK to update.
  7. Close the registry editor and now restart your computer for changes to take the effect.
  8. Try to RDP to your remote server.

Still, finding it difficult, not to worry, get in touch with one of our technical help expert to assist you further.

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