Many users are surprised to discover that Windows does not provide a direct way to get a list of file names contained in a directory. This tip describes how to create such a list in a text file, which can then be imported into Excel.

To generate a list of file names, you’ll need to use a DOS command typed in a DOS command window. To open a DOS command window:

1. Click the Windows Start button
2. Click Run
3. Type “cmd” (no quotes) and press Enter. if “cmd” doesn’t work, use “command”.

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How To Mount A Drive In Linux

Initially you wanna check the hard drives on your system
#fdisk -l

so now you now whats being seen by the system
#mount /dev/partitionId /some/mounting/point
for example
#mount /dev/sdb /backup

The mounting point path must already be created with proper permissions. So a more likely flow of commands would be below:
#mkdir /some/mounting/point
#chmod 777 /some/mounting/point
#mount /dev/partitionId /some/mounting/point
for example:
#mkdir /backup
#chmod 777 /backup
#mount /dev/sdb /backup

Now you just need to add the addon hard drive into fstab to be booted on startup as well
#nano /etc/fstab

How To Unmount A Drive In Linux

#umount /dev/partitionId

This command is very easy to type wrong. It is NOT unmount. Take another closer look if thats what you saw at first. It is umount — no n here!

Installation

Get the latest version of phpMyAdmin from phpMyAdmin.net. The files will compressed – so you will have to extract it. Create a folder called ‘phpMyAdmin’ in the document root of your server and extract the PHP scripts into it. That’s it – the installing part is over. The latest version will automatically configure itself to run with these settings…

• Database Host : localhost
• Username : root
• Password : (Empty)

Configuration

If you wish to configure your phpMyAdmin using more advanced options, open the folder you installed phpMyAdmin to(<Document Root/phpMyAdmin/>) and create a folder called ‘config’. Make sure it has write permission. You can give it write permission with the following command(assuming that your are on a linux system)…

chmod 666 config

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Allowing the root user to login directly is a major security issue, we’ll show you how to disable it so you can still login as root but just not directly, reducing the security issue.

This will force a hacker to have to guess 2 seperate passwords to gain root access.
(you do have 2 seperate passwords for admin and root right?)
What happens is you’ll first need to login as your admin user in SSH, then switch to the super user with the su command to get root.

We also will be forcing the use of SSH protocol 2, which is a newer, more secure SSH protocol
Just a couple more ways to help your server stay safe from the bad guys. If you’re using cPanel make sure you add your admin user to the ‘wheel‘ group so that you will be able to ‘su -‘ to root, otherwise you may lock yourself out of root. Continue Reading »

Lets start giving some use to all our VPS servers, lets install a trial or a final license of Cpanel.

If you want a cpanel license you can get 1 for $ 12 / month or 70/month for a 10 pack. You should contact Aaron Conklin at custom.orders@ev1servers.net

In case you want a trial licence for cpanel you should go to : http://www.cpanel.net/store/

Ok. Easy to setup your VPS-CPANEL:

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