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How to fix MaxMind GeoIP dat file 404 Not Found?

Just a few minutes ago, one of my cron that fetch current GeoIP.dat.gz file from MaxMind resolve to 404 Not Found. The cron is running monthly to update its GeoIP database. Its an Apache2 mod_geoip. This was the cron message: /etc/cron.monthly/geoip: –04:42:22– http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoIP.dat.gz Resolving www.maxmind.com… 67.15.94.80 Connecting to www.maxmind.com|67.15.94.80|:80… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://64.246.48.99/download/geoip/database/GeoIP.dat.gz…

How to backup and restore your MySQL database using command line mysqldump?

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MySQL is a powerful database engine (from my side of view ;-)) But it also might have several problem. Ie: a corrupted table after database crash. Here the simple way to backup your MySQL database or table from command line. Let’s start… To backup: Login to your server via SSH. I’m usually using the following format: mysqldump -u [username] -p…

How to fix “-bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long”

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Just a few minutes ago my php thumbnail creation script running out of control, causing thousands of thumbnails generated. I’m lucky enough to know this thing fast, a minutes late this script could fill in my server drive to the max. I FTP-ed to the server, but the FTP software I was using is limiting the number of files I…

How to know the size of a directory?

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A simple way to know what is the size of a directory using command line in human readable format. Login to your server using SSH. Format: du -hs some_folder/ Ie: du -hs public_html/ Good luck!

How to install Asterisk on CentOS server

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Asterisk is an open source PBXi, telephony engine, and telephony applications toolkit. Available for free. URL: asterisk.org. CentOS is a Linux distributions based on Red Hat Enterprise. URL: centos.org. The following required before we begin installation: [*] CentOS minimal install [*] kernel-devel / kernel-smp-devel [*] bison [*] openssl-devel Installation: We will use atrpms repo for this install. Login via SSH…

How to reset Joomla administrator password?

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Here I will show you how to reset your Joomla admin password in a two ways. One is using phpMyAdmin and the other is using password reset script. Let start… [*] Using a simple MySQL query with an application that manage your database. [*] phpMyAdmin, almost available on all hosting. [*] Login to your phpMyAdmin. [*] Navigate to your Joomla…