Linux/Nix

Xen hangs my Linux server!!!

My officemate created a Xen Windows 2003 server virtual machine on one server. The virtual machine supposedly was configured to eat up 30GB of hard disk space but unknowingly it goes up to 85 Gb which eats up all of hd space and cause my server to hang.

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By penoycentral on March 12, 2008 | Linux/Nix | A comment?

PostgreSQL

[root@localhost]# postgres
“root” execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted.
The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent
possible system security compromise.  See the documentation for
more information on how to properly start the server.
[root@localhost]#

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By penoycentral on February 22, 2008 | Linux/Nix, Security | A comment?

Microsoft ISA and Squid Proxy Server

I might be wrong or maybe there are still misconfiguration with our ISA configs( we are not that expert though), i noticed that every time you browse the net, you’re always authenticated by the Active Directory, not a one-time-only  authentication. After weeks of messing with Microsoft ISA and still having issues and problems, we finally decided to bring our old proxy server back.

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By penoycentral on February 21, 2008 | Linux/Nix | A comment?

Backtrack V3 in Toshiba Satellite M50

By penoycentral on February 17, 2008 | Linux/Nix, Security, Technology | 2 comments

Fedora 9

Fedora 9 Alpha is now up for grabs!!!!  Talk about rapid development :) Fedora 9 Linux

By penoycentral on February 8, 2008 | Linux/Nix | A comment?

Installing Nessus Vulnerability Scanner in CentOS Enterprise Linux 5

Nessus is a free, up to date and easy to use vulnerability scanner. You can find the official documentation of how to install Nessus here.

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By penoycentral on January 16, 2008 | Linux/Nix, Security | 3 comments

Globalknowledge Associates Singapore IT Security Seminar

Singapore  IT Security Seminar
Training Fee: P 59,500.00 (+VAT)
Holiday Inn Hotel, Singapore
March 13-14, 2008 | Thur-Fri  |  9am-5pm More…

By penoycentral on January 14, 2008 | Linux/Nix, Security | 5 comments

Backup using rsync in Linux

Backup your Server’s files to a remote host using rsync

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By penoycentral on January 9, 2008 | Linux/Nix | A comment?

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