Category: legacy

If you… Run MySQL Have weak root password or no password Allow root@% to login Have port 3306 open to the outside world Then you are vulnerable to an attack that allows a remote user to use the MySQL system to put an arbitrary executable onto your box and run it. Currently, there is an…

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Ok… good progress. Accounts built Domains built Email built Databases built and restored The downside? The 14 Gig backup we have may not actually include the websites themselves. Whiel this sucks, it is not the end of the world as both S and I keep local copies of such work as a matter of routine.…

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The Mysql dump file saved us, but it points out to me again that most open source software is liek 80% done. I mean, woudl it be so hard to have a real live backup / restore utility that had an interface that helped? I had to load the text into [[wp:vi]] and split it…

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Note. The version of ProFTPD that ships with Plesk does not allow “resume” for security reasons. This is a good thing. Resume woudl allow a writable fiel to be corrupted as opposed to you having to replace the file… or so they say. Anywa, here is the voodoo to turn it on (remember to turn…

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35 client accounts total so far created 24 web domains created (no content yet) 10 email setups done – the largest and most complex of the group (aliases, mailing lists and so on)

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Ok… another victory… All client accounts (they hold domains, and domains hold email and websites) have been created on the new server. Took a while to get all the admin information set and formatted… but it’s all done and thats good. Additionally, the email accoints for S(b&c) are created, thats one big client done.

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The primary domain for S is now up, and they shoudl be able to recieve mail as expected with the changes from this afternoon.

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The first website S(mp), one of the ones with the most to lose by not having had up to date data is back ont he web. The relied on the dead (NS2) box only for DNS, their site actually living on NS3. The DNS is back up, and they are online. No data loss shoudl…

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The Client S saga continues. So far I have… Installed the backup / restore product we use. This includes installing it – then tracking downa nd installing the license key – then tracking down and finding out about the patch that is actually needed to make the thing run… this took a fair amount of…

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