Below is a brief explanation of how to use Gmail as an SMTP server to send email. I personally needed to configure Gmail to test Cforms WordPress plugin to make sure there wasn’t a problem with a clients hosting company servers native PHP mail. I used the below steps to create an account, configure the…
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Below are a couple simple steps to update your WordPress blog’s URL. The below is valid if you are simply switching the URL using the same domain or if you are changing the WordPress domain all together. You will run into problems if you do not make sure to update each item. Update WordPress SiteURL:…
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When performing a “yum update” I received the following error which deals with a library needed by the nfs-utils package on CentOS. Error: Missing dependency: libevent-1.1a.so.1 is needed by package nfs-utils On this machine NFS is not needed so I took the following steps to complete the “yum update”. Remove nfs-utils: First remove nfs-utils by…
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Changing the timezone on Linux is easy. The timezone within Linux is set by a symbolic link located in the /etc directory which needs to be changed to the new timezone. Once this is changed the time needs to be synced to a time server. I recently moved from Las Vegas to Louisville and had…
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You can use the Linux screen command to operate multiple shells from one terminal window on Linux. Below is the command to install screen on CentOS Linux. bash yum install screen Using screen is easy. First SSH to your server as you normally would and before running any commands that may take awhile type “screen”.…
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When installing packages via yum the default will be to install the latest and greatest package that you request. It is possible however to install previous versions of the package by first seeing what versions of the package are available followed by a more detailed command to install a previous version. Search Package Versions First…
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Easily create or drop a database via the psql CLI using the below syntax. Create a PostgreSQL Database: Just modify the database_name to the name you prefer for your new database. bash create database database_name
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To install pgbench on Linux use yum and install the postgresql-contrib package using the below syntax. bash yum install postgresql-contrib When issuing the above command the results will output like the below. If postgresql, postgresql-server, and/or postgresql-libs has already been installed then it is likely that they will be upgraded using the default command.
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The default admin or web login for the Kyocera KR2 Mobile Router is the last 6 digits of the MAC address. The MAC Address is located on the bottom of the router and is titled WLAN MAC ID. The digits will be in hexidecimal. To make configuration changes you must login to the administration account…
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