1. Find the current PHP configuration file

   php -i |grep php.ini
   Configuration File (php.ini) Path /usr/lib
   Loaded Configuration File /usr/local/lib/php.ini

2. Edit the configuration file

   nano /usr/local/lib/php.ini

3. Search for “disable_functions” and add in the dangerous functions

   disable_functions = "symlink,shell_exec,exec,system,popen,proc_close"

4. Restart apache

   service httpd restart

If you now attempt to use one of the functions that have been disabled you should get a PHP error. Please note that this function list is not complete and you should add in the functions that you wish to disable based on your scripts and what they require to operate properly.

1. Disable SELinux

   nano /etc/sysconfig/selinux
   Change the SELINUX line to SELINUX=disabled

2. Install Xen and the Xen Kernel

   yum install xen kernel-xen

3. Reboot your dedicated server

   shutdown -r now

4. Check the Xen kernel is now running

   uname -a

5. Check Xen is running

   xm list

If the last 2 commands return correctly your dedicated server should now be running Xen and you are ready to start creating your virtual machines. If you have any problems with the installation or are unsure on some of the commands please contact our support department who will be happy to help.

1. Login to SSH as a privileged user and change to our source directory

   cd /usr/local/src

2. Create the install directory

   mkdir /usr/local/chkrootkit

3. Download the latest version of chkrootkit

   wget ftp://ftp.pangeia.com.br/pub/seg/pac/chkrootkit.tar.gz

4. Extract the download

   tar -xvzf chkrootkit.tar.gz

5. Copy the contents to the install directory

   mv /usr/local/src/chkrootkit*/* /usr/local/chkrootkit

6. Clear up the source files

   rm -rf /usr/local/src/chkrootkit*

7. Change directory to the install

   cd /usr/local/chkrootkit

8. Compile chkrootkit

   make sense

9. Perform a test run

   ./chkrootkit

10. Add a cron job to run chkrootkit daily

    nano /etc/cron.daily/chkrootkit

11. Insert the following text into the file

    #!/bin/sh
    (
    /usr/local/chkrootkit/chkrootkit
    ) | /bin/mail -s 'CHROOTKIT Daily Run (ServerNameHere)' email@domain.com

12. Make the cronjob executable and secure

    chmod 700 /etc/cron.daily/chkrootkit

Chkrootkit should now be installed on your server and you should get an e-mail report on the next daily cronjob run. If you do not receive anything then you may have configured something incorrectly.

ftp://ftp.pangeia.com.br/pub/seg/pac/chkrootkit.tar.gz

1. Login to SQL Management Stuidio as you normally would and press ok when the error message comes up.
2. Press F7 to open up the object explorer pane.
3. Right click the column header and you will be given a list of options.
4. Untick “collation.”
5. In the left hand common right click databases and press refresh
6. You should now have a list of all of the databases on the server and you should be able to access your own databases.

C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\bin\pleskbackup –server –prefix=”Thursday” –output-file=D:\DailyBackup\Thursday-Server.zip –split=2G –verbose

–server – Tells the utility to perform a whole server backup
–prefix – The prefix to append to the name of the backup. Here we use the day we are generating the backup on.
–output-file – Where you would like the backup to be saved to. This is not necessary but we like to keep backups on a separate disk outside of plesk.
–split – Split the backup into 2GB files to get around the 2GB file size limit in Windows.
–verbose – Show the backup details in the command prompt

For a full list of the backup utility commands and options we recommend taking a look at the official backup and restore documentation available on the Plesk website which goes into more detail on what each switch does.

1. Log in to the server as root
2. Open /root/.bash_profile with your favorite text editor (e.g ‘nano /root/.bash_profile’)
3. Scroll to the end of the file and add “echo 'ALERT - Root Shell Access on:' `date` `who` | mail -s "Alert: Root Access from `who | cut -d"(" -f2 | cut -d")" -f1`" user@example.com"
4. Replace user@example.com with your e-mail. It is best to use an e-mail address outside of the server just in case someone broke in to the server as they could delete it before you managed to read it.
5. Close SSH and re-login to test the alert.

Export the table from the temporary database:
mysqldump -u -p temp_database_name table_name > /home/username/export.sql

Restore the table into the production database
mysql -u -p production_database_name < /home/username/export.sql

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