Skip to content
Question Defense
Technical answers for technical questions
Question Defense
  • Backtrack Linux
    • Backtrack Article Request
  • HTTP ERROR
  • Kali Linux
    • Kali Linux Article Request
  • Privacy Policy
  • Tools
    • Class Of Device – Bluetooth CoD List In Binary And Hex
    • phpMyAdmin Blowfish Secret Generator
  • Documentation
    • check_postgres.pl
    • Linux Man Pages
      • insmod
      • kill
      • Logrotate
      • ls
      • lsmod
      • mail
      • modprobe
      • more
      • mysqldump
      • ntfsprogs
      • ntfsresize
      • pg_dump
      • psql
      • rmmod
      • screen
    • Monarch
      • Monarch Commands
      • Monarch Control
      • Monarch Escalations
      • Monarch Groups
      • Monarch Management of Nagios Hosts
      • Monarch Managing Nagios Contacts
      • Monarch Managing Nagios Hosts
      • Monarch Profiles
      • Monarch Services Template
      • Monarch Time Periods
      • Monarch Tools
  • Tags
  • Contact
Linkedin page opens in new windowTwitter page opens in new window
Search:
Search
  • Backtrack Linux
    • Backtrack Article Request
  • HTTP ERROR
  • Kali Linux
    • Kali Linux Article Request
  • Privacy Policy
  • Tools
    • Class Of Device – Bluetooth CoD List In Binary And Hex
    • phpMyAdmin Blowfish Secret Generator
  • Documentation
    • check_postgres.pl
    • Linux Man Pages
      • insmod
      • kill
      • Logrotate
      • ls
      • lsmod
      • mail
      • modprobe
      • more
      • mysqldump
      • ntfsprogs
      • ntfsresize
      • pg_dump
      • psql
      • rmmod
      • screen
    • Monarch
      • Monarch Commands
      • Monarch Control
      • Monarch Escalations
      • Monarch Groups
      • Monarch Management of Nagios Hosts
      • Monarch Managing Nagios Contacts
      • Monarch Managing Nagios Hosts
      • Monarch Profiles
      • Monarch Services Template
      • Monarch Time Periods
      • Monarch Tools
  • Tags
  • Contact

Tag Archives: /etc

You are here:
  1. Home
  2. Entries tagged with "/etc"

Technology Errors

Nagios NRPE Error: service/protocol combination not in /etc/services: nrpe/tcp

ErrorsBy alexDecember 16, 2010Leave a comment

It had been awhile since I have installed NRPE or Nagios Remote Plugin Executor running through xinetd so once I thought I had everything configured I attempted to restart xinetd but NRPE was not working properly. Below I describe the error in more detail along with how I resolved the issue. In the below example the…

Technology Insights

How to Edit the Path Environment Variable on Mac OSX

InsightsBy purehateOctober 28, 20102 Comments

I was installing some tools on my mac today which I wanted to have in the path. Specifically I was installing the Android-SDK tools. I wanted to have the adb shell come up no matter which directory I was in. Being a Linux guy I check out /etc/profile but discovered that mac does it just a tiny…

Information Security

Disable PHP allow_url_fopen For Security Reasons

SecurityBy alexAugust 28, 2010Leave a comment

Recently I was doing a security audit on a Linux server and noticed some Apache and PHP items that needed to be modified to make the server more secure. One of the items that should be disabled is allow_url_fopen because the risk that it can be abused. The issue is that allow_url_fopen is on by…

Technology Errors

WordPress Error: This file is to big. Your php.ini upload_max_filesize is 2M.

ErrorsBy alexJanuary 7, 2010Leave a comment

You may receive the below error when attempting to upload files via the WordPress Add New Media page. The error is fairly specific regarding what the issue is however you may be unfamiliar with how to resolve the issue so below I will explain how to modify php.ini and resolve the error.

Technology Insights

sudo: unable to resolve host

InsightsBy purehateDecember 16, 2009Leave a comment

I ran in to the weirdest error today.   “sudo: unable to resolve host”. I got this error even running as root which was the really weird part.  I was especially confused because I have been running Linux as my main OS for the better part of 10 years and have never run into this issue.…

Technology Insights

How to Change Timezone on Linux

InsightsBy alexJanuary 20, 2009Leave a comment

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…

Technology Insights

Monitor Postgres Table Activity with check_postgres.pl

InsightsBy alexOctober 17, 2008Leave a comment

Its fairly straight forward to monitor a postgresql table’s activity with the wonderful script check_postgres.pl created by Greg Sabino Mullane. This script is useful for so many things I will surely be writing about other ways to use this script with Nagios and Cacti. Download Script: Download the check_postgres.pl script here.

Technology Insights

What To Do With rpmnew Files After A Yum Upgrade

InsightsBy alexAugust 27, 2008Leave a comment

Sometimes after upgrading your RPM packages with YUM there will be new configuration files generated. These files have .rpmnew tacked onto the end and are created this way so they do not overwrite any configuration file changes you have made. You can find all of the .rpmnew files by running the following command from your…

Technology Insights

Unable To Upload Zip File Using NextGen Gallery

InsightsBy alexAugust 24, 2008Leave a comment

There are a couple settings that may need to be changed when uploading zip files via the NextGen Gallery admin interface within WordPress. The actual plugin notes that php.ini should have the following setting changed from the default of 2M to 20M like below.

Question Defense
© 2021 question-defense.com
Go to Top