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this post describes how to determine which version of an Apache tomcat server is running.
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Apache: Protect a folder by a password, but one file is for public access
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let us assume you want to protect a whole directory by password and but one file must be readable for public access. This can easily be done by a .htaccess file.
For example: Who want to trotect the folder /var/www/html and only the file public.html should be readable without a password.
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Apache: Protect just one file in a directory by password
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these are the steps to protect a single file in a directoy by a password.
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Linux: Install LAMP stack on debian
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this post describes the steps to install a lamp stack on debian linux. This is the base for many content management systems like Joomla, WordPress or Drupal.
LAMP means linux as operating system, apache as webserver, mysql as database and PHP as script language. To install all packages login as root.
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WordPress: prevent comment spam on wordpress
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on wordpress based websites comment spam is all around.
If you are hosting WordPress on a apache webserver there is a simple but effective way to refuse automatically created comment spam from bots:
Redirect all HTTP Post requests directed to the wordpress comment form (wp-comments-post.php) and which do not have a referer from your site or has an empty User-Agent string away from your site. For example to the bots localhost 🙂
The only requirement is the apache module mod_rewrite and a .htaccess file in the root folder of your blog.
If not exists, create a .htaccess file within the root directory of your blog, or add the following directive to an already existing .htaccess file. Replace “www.yourdomain.com” with the address of your website.
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