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I found this solution on the misc@ list, and just slightly had to update it: Getting Perl/CGI to work in a chroot’d Apache environment : Intentions Let me start off by saying that allowing Perl/CGI in a server environment is generally a not good idea, unless you like to spend all of your time auditing […]
Here are the steps to remove a pass phrase from a cert key. This solution was originally discovered on the modssl website: cp server.key server.key.org openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key Make sure the key is readable by root only, chmod 400 server.key
To secure admin server connections that are not running on a secure Apache web server, one can use “stunnel”. For example, to secure Sun One ASP, the following command will do it (to be run on the server to secure): stunnel -D 7 -P/tmp/ -p /usr/share/ssl/certs/imapd.pem -d 5143 -r localhost:5100 Of course, you may want […]
The modules need to be recompiled for the new version of Apache. Here are the steps: # mkdir -p /opt/casp/module/linux2_optimized/apache_[version]/eapi # cd /opt/casp/module/source/build/ # apxs -c mod_casp2.c # cp mod_casp2.so /opt/casp/module/linux2_optimized/apache_[version]/eapi # ./configure-server The initial configuration reports: —————————————————————————– | SERVER CONFIGURATION COMPLETE | |—————————————————————————–| | Your server was successfully configured. Its information is as follows: […]
Complete and thorough PHP email validation and PHP email verification can be found at PHPClasses.org: Email Validation. If you need any help with that PHP email validation class, please feel free to contact us.
SYMPTOM When sending large attachments, my emails often take forever, and sometimes they just fail. EXPLANATION Email is not designed as a file transfer protocol. If you need to exchange large files with your clients or vendors, you will get much better results using HTTP (e.g. putting up the file on your website) or FTP. […]
SYMPTOM All of a sudden, I am not able to send or receive an email, even though my account used to work just a little while ago. SOLUTION Check Internet connectivity, for example, go to ebay.com and search for an item category Make sure that Norton Anti-Virus or MacAffee are set up properly. See “When […]
SYMPTOM When trying to turn off the anonymous browsing capabilities for a web or a subweb in FrontPage, when the FrontPage extensions have been added through the Ensim control panel, the following error is produced by FrontPage: The role(s) ‘Administrator’ exceed the rights specified for anonymous access and contain the the account used for anonymous […]
If the “Insight Connector” (aka synchronization tool) disappears in Outlook, it is due to a “feature” in Outlook that disables the plugins. To re-enable them: Select “About” in the “Help” menu Select “Disabled Items” Highlight the Plugin and click “Enable” (Curtasy of Richard Lee of Pillar Consulting)