Using Perl and MySQL
April 19, 2005 Posted in MySQL
I moved this Blog to my FreeBSD server, this Blog uses MovableType Blog system which requires perl (as cgi file) and MySQL. To make the posting working, I did the following things: Read More
Posts for April, 2005
Change Hostname
April 19, 2005 Posted in FreeBSD General
It seems to be important to have a hostname which can be queried(nslookup or ping), especially for MTA. My ISP used something like myname.ispdomain.com by default, which I can’t add A record on my DNS server. Read More
System Logs
April 13, 2005 Posted in FreeBSD General
Several important logs:
1. /var/log/messages
2. /var/log/auth.log
3. # dmesg -a
4. /var/log/maillog
Tar Command
April 12, 2005 Posted in Command & Utility
Tar can detect an archive with gz compression and extract the files properly, I used to call gunzip first :-(. Read More
Protect Directory
April 9, 2005 Posted in Apache
How to protect a directory under Apache?
This can be done with .htaccess, visitors must input username and password before they can access the protected directory. Read More
How to Transfer a Website Effectively
April 7, 2005 Posted in Tips
Tar command is the most effective way to transfer a website between servers: Read More
A Silly Story
April 2, 2005 Posted in Email
In a previous post, I said pop3 server’s installation was very easy. Now, I try to install it on my second FreeBSD server, guess what? I couldn’t make it work and looked for help on the mailing list. Read More
Two PHP Problems
April 2, 2005 Posted in PHP
This is probably very simple, but I could spend hours on it if I’m not lucky. Read More