vzfree utility to check memory usage in OpenVZ VPS
From the official blog post Gee. It has been a while since I’ve last written here, and it will be a while again for my next post as I will be on holidays from next Monday (visiting families in Hong...
View ArticleUbuntu – Unable to load dynamic library ‘/usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/sqlite.so’
The other day, I was getting this weird error PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/sqlite.so' - /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/sqlite.so: cannot open shared...
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Install htop
htop - an alternative to linux top htop is a sleek utility that allows you to interactively view processes running in a linux box. I can safely say its a good alternate to ‘top’ To install htop just...
View ArticleHow to find specific files and send alerts
Maintaining a shared hosting server is a full time job but tools and proper checks and balances can help make this burden lot less. I manage a shared hosting server for one of my friends and numerous...
View ArticleWebalizer not working on Ubuntu
One of my Ubuntu based VPS had Webalizer installed to collect stats from webserver but it was not working because I could see not stats at /webalizer/. If thats the case with you try the following 1)...
View ArticleHow to find zombie processes on linux
My NAGIOS monitor alerted me that of my dedicated server has 10 Zombie processes, how to find Zombie processes via command line on Linux especially CentOS? ps aux | awk '{ print $8 " " $2 }' | grep -w...
View ArticleWindows to Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) Migration
I have been a hardcore Linux user from a Server-OS point of view since many years. Have used CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora extensively. I have always recommended and used Linux without hesitation...
View ArticleHow to install dig in Ubuntu
dig is a very useful utility to help webmaster and server admins alike. To install dig, just run the following in Ubuntu sudo apt-get install dnsutils
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How to change download mirror in Ubuntu
As soon as you begin installing Ubuntu or being downloading packages, the number one question is, Why is this download taking so long? The answer is simple, probably your mirror is not correctly set...
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How to fix Missing Date and Time in Menu Bar in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
All of a sudden, the “Menu Bar” (equivalent to what we call Taskbar in Windows) on my Ubuntu has stopped showing me date & time for some unknown reasons. My first instinct were to check the System...
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