After a failed upgrade of VMWare-Tools on VMWare Workstation 7.1.5, I ended up with a shared folder that would not mount automatically. After a bit of digging on the Internet I found the solution. Here are my brief notes on how to manually mount a shared Windows host folder. Make sure you have the host [...]
03
Jun
HTTP Errors When Uploading/Connecting in WordPress
Having problems browsing themes, uploading plug-ins, or doing just about anything that “talks” to the outside world via WordPress? We have had a development server buried deep in our network behind several routers and firewalls that had a similar problem. Whenever we’d log into the dashboard we’d get various timeout error messages on each of [...]
31
May
Upgrading Logwatch on CentOS 5
Introduction I finally got tired at looking at the thousand-plus line daily reports coming to my inbox from Logwatch every evening. Don’t get me wrong, I love logwatch. It helps me keep an eye on my servers without having to scrutinize every log file. If you aren’t using logwatch on your Linux boxes I strongly [...]
25
Apr
Upgrading Redmine From 8.6 to 9.3
After more than a year of using Redmine to help us manage our projects it was time to upgrade. Redmine helps us manage our bug lists, wish lists, and to do lists. It helps us communicate with our clients effectively and efficiently using a web based media in a consistent format that is easy to [...]
05
Apr
Setting Up Stunnel On Linux
We need your help! Cyber Sprocket is looking to qualify for a small business grant so we can continue our development efforts. We are working on a custom application builder platform so you can build custom mobile apps for your business. If we reach our 250-person goal have a better chance of being selected. It [...]
08
Jan
Scheduling Linux Apps
Executing Programs On A Schedule The Linux scheduling application is known as cron. Cron is your friend when you want a program to run at a specific time every day, or at multiple times during the day. The primary schedule is kept in a file known as crontab on most systems. A relatively normal location [...]
15
Mar
yum – Fixing Corrupt DB
If yum hangs you may have a corrupt DB. Try this. [root@localhost rpm]# cd /var/lib/rpm [root@localhost rpm]# rm -f __db* [root@localhost rpm]# rpm -rebuilddb [root@localhost rpm]# yum clean all Example is based on Redhat paths.
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