July 2008

Q. I see following error when I run make command to install specific software:

curses.h: No such file or directory Problem Solution

How do I fix this error under Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS / Fedora Linux?

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Q. I run a small Apache based webserver for my personal use and it is shared with friends and family. However, most script kiddie try to exploit php application such as wordpress using exec() , passthru() , shell_exec() , system() etc functions. How do I disable these functions to improve php script security?

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I’ve installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and I see virbr0 network interface along with my eth0 interface? What it is? How do I disable or remove virbr0?

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ntop is a network probe that shows network usage in a way similar to what top does for processes. How do I install latest version of ntop on RHEL / CentOS Linux 5.x systems?

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I’ve downloaded RRDTool package called rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gz. But ./configure command giving out lots of error messages. How do I install RRDTool on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x – 64 bit version?

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How do I install all developer tools such as GNU GCC C/C++ compilers, make and others, after installing CentOS from a shell prompt?

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Q.Can you explain the meaning of following two firewall rules present in my /etc/sysconfig/iptables rules under CentOS Enterprise Linux version 5.2?

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 50 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 51 -j ACCEPT

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