Why you should use default pages

What are default pages? Also called index pages, just as their name implies they are the default files web servers automatically send when you browse a directory (put in a URL with no specific file name on the end). ”http://blog.pjfontillas.com/” is really “http://blog.pjfontillas.com/index.php“ but the server and your web browser may truncate that, removing the file name [...]

how can i create an ftp user in VsFTPd? – Linux Forums

how can i create an ftp user in VsFTPd? – Linux Forums. The commands lakerdonald gives: useradd -m -G users,ftp,wheel joe -s /bin/bash passwd joe chown -R joe /var/www/ adds a ftp user with read / write complete permission on all files and folders var/www/*.

Quick HOWTO : Ch15 : Linux FTP Server Setup – Linux Home Networking

Quick HOWTO : Ch15 : Linux FTP Server Setup – Linux Home Networking. Access to FTP using VSFTPD is pretty useful and easy to set up. The commands: apt-get remove –purge vsftpd cleans up all the files and such for a misconfiguration (or no configuration info known) VSFTPD. apt-get install vsftpd installs it and sets [...]

Basic Website Tools

Index What I use for site development Introduction to basic text and image editing for your website Introduction to advanced techniques Here’s what I personally use for site development The examples shown after each category are for Windows-based environments, the actual categories themselves are cross-platform since they simply describe what the application does. That means [...]

Three tips to protect your WordPress installation

Three tips to protect your WordPress installation. These are some useful tips for securing WordPress. The first tip is only for those that can edit their .htaccess, the 2nd tip seems to be done automatically by WordPress as of AT LEAST 2.9. I have not tested on earlier versions.

Review of Opera 10.10

Opera 10.10 is lightning fast. It’s also arguably more secure than IE and even Firefox or Safari. But it’s not perfect.

[Full-disclosure] WordPress <= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password

Edit: The name of the website has been omitted to help preserve their privacy. http://*.*.*/labs/wordpress/wp-login.php?action=rp&key[]= They moved their wordpress installation into the directory ‘wordpress’, not enough to stop this, but enough to render the initial link invalid. This was a good attempt at protecting themselves but again sometimes the best way is by just doing [...]

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