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The hostname resolves to . It should resolve to (ip address). Please be sure to correct /etc/hosts as well as the ‘A’ entry in zone file for the domain.
Some are all of these problems can be caused by
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Issues related to the DNS server for Linux
Posted by admin in Wednesday, May 12th 2010
Topics: Linux Tags: /etc/hosts, 14400, Add an A entry for your, Add New Entries Below this Line, Change Hostname, Dns Functions, DNS server for Linux, dns zone, Issues related to the DNS, resolv.conf, Web Host Manager, WHM panel, zone file for the domain
How to Clear and Delete Last Logged In Users and Bad Login Attemps Log (wtmp and btmp)
Posted by admin in Friday, May 7th 2010
Topics: Linux Tags: /dev/null, /var/log/wtmp, Bad Login Attemps Log, btmp wtmp, Change the path and file name, delete the wtmp, FTP or SSH password authentication, Last Logged In Users, login history
In Linux and Unix operating system, it’s possible to use “last” command to display and show the last logged in (and out) users history, and “lastb” command to show and display all the bad login attempts. The users’ login history is been logged and saved in wtmp file while faild login attempts is been stored [...]
How to Read /var/log/btmp, Rotate the btmp Log With Logrotate
Posted by admin in Friday, May 7th 2010
Topics: Linux Tags: brute force against, btmp Log With Logrotate, create 0600 root utmp, firewall to defend against, How to Read /var/log/btmp, How to Read /var/log/wtmp, How to Read btmp Log, last -f /var/log/btmp, linux log file rotate, minsize 1M, monthly, rotate 1, Rotate the btmp, Rotate the wtmp, var log
The btmp log keeps track of failed login attempts. I have seen on a default linux setup with logrotate configured where the btmp log is left out of rotation and eventually grows out of hand. So first you want to make sure that the btmp log is rotated using logrotate with the below information.
Log Location:/var/log/btmp, [...]
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