rm * - Argument list too long

Going through and cleaning out a temporary folder I came across a problem using rm *. It came back with the error Argument list too long. Turns out it’s some type of limit in how many files can be passed and the 110,000 that were in the folder was too many.
So I wrote [...]

How to delete all email messages in cPanel

I stupidly didn’t set the default email address to :fail: on a couple of accounts on my cPanel server and found, while running a remote backup, that there were a few gigs of spam emails that were just sitting in those accounts.
But after going through about a dozen of the 500+ pages in Horde to [...]

Passive FTP problems with PureFTP, cPanel, and APF

A few months ago I moved all of my domains from a sad little VPS over to a dedicated server, and it made a huge difference in how well my sites worked. The only catch is that FTP connections were flaky. What I found is that setting the connection to Active would work, [...]

Ubuntu forums helping identify malicious code

Most users new to Linux spend a lot of time browsing web forums looking for help. Unfortunately some people on those forums may post commands that do not do what they say. The Ubuntu Forums have added a page listing a few dangerous commands that you need to watch out for.
CrunchBang has an [...]