How to Solve the VSFTPD 500 OOPS Error

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In this article, we discuss how to remedy the following error message in VSFTPD.

500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()
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How to Delete A Database In MySQL/MariaDB

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MySQL via Command Line 102: Basic User Interaction

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  • These instructions are intended for deleting a MySQL database on Linux via the command line.
  • I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 7 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.
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How to Start and Enable Firewalld on CentOS 7

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In this article, we discuss how to start and enable firewalld. It is highly recommended that you have a firewall protecting your server.
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Which Version of Drupal Am I Running?

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhich version of Drupal are you running? Good news! There are several different methods to determine which version of Drupal you are running.

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DNS Record Types

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Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the many challenges that we may face while attempting to make modifications to a zone file, is knowing what the different records are used for.  This article highlight several of the commonly used records in an attempt to help demystify them. Continue reading “DNS Record Types” →

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How to Install Git on Ubuntu 15.04

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Introduction

Git is an open source, distributed version control system (VCS). It’s commonly used for source code management (SCM), with sites like GitHub offering a social coding experience, and popular projects such as Perl, Ruby on Rails, and the Linux kernel using it.

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How to Install lsyncd on Fedora 22

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Reading Time: < 1 minutelsyncd is an rsync-based tool that monitors specified directories (including subdirectories) for updates and modifications, then syncs those changes to a specified destination.

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How to Install Logwatch on Fedora 22

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLogwatch is a Perl-based log management tool for analyzing, summarizing, and reporting on a server’s log files. It is most often used to send a short digest of a server’s log activity to a system administrator. What are log files? Logs are application-generated files useful for tracking down and understanding what has happened in the past.

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How to Install the Memcached PHP Extension on Ubuntu 15.04

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMemcached is a distributed, high-performance, in-memory caching system that is primarily used to speed up sites that make heavy use of databases. It can, however, be used to store objects of any kind. Nearly every popular CMS has a plugin or module to take advantage of Memcached, and many programming languages have a Memcached library, including PHP, Perl, Ruby, and Python. Memcached runs in memory and is thus quite speedy since it does not need to write data to disk.

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  • These instructions are intended specifically for installing the Memcached PHP Extension on a single Ubuntu 15.04 node.
  • I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed Ubuntu 15.04 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.
  • Follow our tutorial on How to Install Memcached on Ubuntu 15.04 prior to this KB!
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