CentOS

Figured it out. In addition to [font=Courier]user = nagios[/font], in CentOS 5 you must also add [b][font=Courier]env = HOME=/home/nagios[/font][/b] [code]# default: off # description: NRPE (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor) service nrpe { flags = REUSE type = UNLISTED port = <removed> socket_type = st...

I'm running NRPE (Nagios remote plugin execution) as an xinetd service. The service is configured to use the user 'nagios' and I've configured ~nagios/.my.cnf with the mysql password. The .my.cnf file is automatically used when logged in locally but does not work through xinetd. The error is: [font=...

yyagol, I just tried your link and I'm getting stuck in the certificate section. I'm glad you offered your suggestion but it does not "work like a charm". It seems to have been written for a different distro so it needs some tweaking for CentOS. Hopefully I can figure this thing out and post a bette...

Has anyone succeeded in configuring CentOS 5 with gmail or google apps smtp as a smarthost relay? I've tried to follow the guides on many sites including this one specifically for CentOS but could never get it to work. http://www.karma.net/html/files/57f5a9689d6b66cdb7811b2ec7e7ae3e-43.php If you've...

Welcome to Linux Dakasadaka. The first thing I'd tell you is to read up on Linux and run the server internally on your LAN [b][i]before[/i][/b] opening any ports from the Internet. Once you open ports you are inviting the world to connect to your server and if it's not secure that can be very bad. I...

Another option might be to switch from mod_php to fast cgi. mod_php runs php in the httpd process which runs as apache:apache. This can be a problem for shared servers as you've noticed. As a cgi, httpd spawns a separate PHP process which can be run as the user, not apache. Some argue that there is ...

Jasonlitka's repo seems to be up to date and it also includes xcache which was a significant improvement on my box. Doesn't look like EPEL has xcache.

How powerful is the server? Try [font=Courier]vmstat[/font] or [font=Courier]top[/font] while running the speed test.

When I first started doing minimal installs I'd uncheck everything except "[b]base[/b]" thinking that base was required but later found that base can be unchecked and it makes the install much smaller. As for light powerful firewalls, my favorites are [url=http://m0n0.ch/wall/]M0n0wall[/url] and [ur...

PHP4 development stopped on 2007-12-31 and [url=http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/14/0646216]as of next month[/url], 2008-08-08, even critical fixes will no longer be supplied by the PHP development team. The upstream provider's [url=http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/]s...