As a system administrator it is sometimes useful to watch things happening live in Apache access log. Tail would be the command usually used to accomplish the task, while logged in as an appropriate user through a secure shell session. Tailing the Apache Access Log was a resolution to a problem that I encountered when… Continue reading Tailing the Apache Access Log
Tag: Apache2
308 response code – redirection and messing with daemons…
This post is part of the “.htaccess redirection fun with mod_rewrite” series. The most useful feature of .htaccess and mod_rewrite, in the opinion of this author, is redirection. Redirection is identified to a browser by response code 308. By redirection we mean mapping any URI into any other URI. Response code 308 is the redirection… Continue reading 308 response code – redirection and messing with daemons…
response code 410 – It’s gone, son…
One of the pains of being a website administrator is securing the login to the administrative portion of your website. Ideally, the website tells someone other than the true administrator to bugger off in a nice way. What better way for that to happen than for the website to tell the visitor: “That login? It’s… Continue reading response code 410 – It’s gone, son…
Why is your fly open to the world?
Do you walk around often with your fly open? In a word, NO! So why is your IT stuff open to the world? Think about it… After years of experiencing consistent and repetitive attacks on the secure shell and WordPress login, I started to wonder why that was occurring. What is the reason that there… Continue reading Why is your fly open to the world?