Of course dumping and restore mysql database can be done easily with phpmyadmin. But what if phpmyadmin is in error state and you need to backup your database on server A  immedietly and move it to server B?

The answer is use command console, if you backup database od your virtual private server or dedicated server, login first as root from SSH access

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Maybe you ever find this image when you want to install new plugin or theme on your wordpress website :

One of the great features of WordPress is that it allows you to automatically install and upgrade plugins, automatic download it from wordpress.org download center.

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i use 2 software to access my own virtual private servers, that is putty and bitvise tunnelier, both with its own bad and good

1. putty

PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform. PuTTY is open source software that is available with source code and is developed and supported by a group of volunteers.

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Is it neccesary to have root access on your web hosts?

Website masters have a ton of responsibility to maintain their website and the subsequent links to it. Primarily, they have to figure it if they prefer to have access to all of the websites on their company server or if they prefer not to. When a webmaster has root access, he can virtually control anything stored on his server. This means he can access security information, user groups, and any file on the server. One might wonder why a webmaster wouldn’t want this access. Read on for the benefits and drawbacks to having root access.

When a webmaster opts to use a virtual private server hosting service, he’s choosing the less expensive option. He doesn’t have the hassle of maintaining a server at his home or having to access a remote server from his computer. Additionally, his site is much more protected from the threat of hackers, and the server owners will make the server more reliable. Additionally, virtual private hosting services come with easy to use browsers.

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i used this trick normally for my rapidleech, it forbid a person to access my rapidleech from copy paste link on browser address,  my rapidleech can only be access by clcking the link on page that i use as referral.

for ex, if i use my web here, blindtext.info, someone would be able to access only by click the link i posted here.

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How to install IonCube, Zend Optimizer and eAccelerator on virtual private server or yout dedicated server ?

here’s how :

1. Install IonCube

# wget http://downloads2.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz
# tar zfx ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz
# cd ioncube
#### replace below with the version tree you have (I will use 5.2)
# cp ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so /usr/local/lib/php/extensions

Add this line BEFORE any other zend_extension (e.g. Zend Optimizer or eAccelerator).
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This is an additional security measure where we prevent direct root logins and instead create a user to login and then use a command ‘su –‘ to gain root privileges.

this’s the step by step ho to do it

1.  Create a user and add it to the wheel group, e.g. we want to create a user neonix and give him root privileges.
below commands to create a user.
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ModSecurity is an open source intrusion detection and prevention engine for web applications (or a web application firewall). Operating as an Apache Web server module or standalone, the purpose of ModSecurity is to increase web application security, protecting web applications from known and unknown attacks.

This’s how to install it :

# wget http://www.web4host.net/tools/modsecurity-apache2.sh
# chmod 755 modsecurity-apache2.sh
# sh modsecurity-apache2.sh

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