Click Here if You are Looking for an official ‘CentOS’ repository to perform the upgrade, instead of a compatible repository. Upgrading PHP (from 5.1 to 5.3 for example) on a variety of common RPM based linux distributions (CentOS/RHEL, Whitebox, Fedora, etc) can be a tricky process. After some searching and playing around, I come across […]
Disabling PHP Functions with SUHOSIN and Optionally cPanel/WHM
If your server has SUHOSIN installed/enabled, regardless of whether you have cPanel/WHM or not, this should work for you. Disabling PHP functions using the ‘disable_functions’ section of your php.ini file won’t really work too well if you using SUHOSIN. Instead, comment out the ‘function_disable’ line and add the following under neath it: suhosin.executor.func.blacklist = “show_source,shell_exec,passthru,exec,popen,allow_url_fopen,system” Of […]
How to Reset Endian Firewall Admin Password via SSH
I recently had the need to reset my Endian Firewall Admin ‘admin’ password via SSH/Console. I believe the reasoning for this was due to the following bug: http://bugs.endian.it/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=1824 In case the bug does not apply to you, or you’re just too lazy to visit, here’s what you need to do. 1. Login via SSH or […]
Borderlands Third Person View
I recently purchased Borderlands through Valve’s Steam Store and was quickly confronted with a problem based on the reason I purchased the game in the first place. While I admit I hadn’t conducted additional research right up until buying the game, I had been under the impression that it was playable in third person view. […]