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MySQL is quite well known as its one of the most popular open-source database systems utilized around the world today. We use it quite heavily within SAFI… as do many IT and non-IT companies. Unfortunately a large marjority of MySQL users will have never heard of Sun Microsystems and Oracle.

The recent $7.4Bil. (USD) buyout of Sun Microsystem’s by Oracle is going to have repercussions that are felt across the entire Info. Tech. landscape worldwide.  Changes will be seen and their effects cast upon both the hardware and software sectors of IT; in addition catching many other businesses and end-users outside the IT industries in the midst. (continue reading…)

Is your server’s c:\ running out of space due to MSSQL service writing insanely large log files?  Yeah Ok… While this can be quite annoying, if this is all you have to worry about all day enjoy your free time.  Relocating the log files is something you can do pretty quickly; and you can get this done with limited downtime.  Of course non-peak off hours are the best time for any system enviroment changes as this.

So lets see what options you have… (continue reading…)

suPHP… Just Use It!

What is suPHP you might ask?  Well short of me explaining in detail what you can read elsewhere check out this link if you have any questions past my short description: http://www.suphp.org/FAQ.html

“suPHP is a tool for executing PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners. It consists of an Apache module (mod_suphp) and a setuid root binary (suphp) that is called by the Apache module to change the uid of the process executing the PHP interpreter.”

So you might be asking yourself whats the point in restructuring your PHP enviroment to utilize ‘suPHP’ instead of ‘phpsuexec.’  Probably the best reasons are protection of user’s files, better details for logging and monitoring services, which in turn protects servers, clients, and end-users from spammers. (continue reading…)