This was probably one of the hardest issues I have had to troubleshoot, therefore special thanks goes out to Brian Lewis’s Post Here: http://mythoughtsonit.com/2015/04/cant-install-update-windows-8-1-x64-based-systems-kb3000850/ The being said, this issue occurs when a Kodak Printer is or has ever been installed on the Windows Machine. Even if the drivers have been deleted, this issue will still … Continue reading
Magento – During Upgrade Mage/Conflicts
Symptom: During the Magento Connect Upgrade you receive errors indicating that the new version or upgrade of mage conflicts with the existing installation: Solution: Using SSH, go to the root directory of your Magento Install, change directory to “pkginfo” and remove “All_Mage_Latest.txt”. Once removed, return to Magento Connect and refresh, proceed with the installation again … Continue reading
SpamAssassin not Filtering certain domains
Problem: Spamassassin is not properly filtering domains such as link, click, xyz, science, and similar. Solution: Your Registrar Boundaries file is out of date. In Ubuntu, go to /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/ Use: wget svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/trunk/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/RegistrarBoundaries.pm (It will probably download as RegistrarBoundaries.pm.1) cp RegistrarBoundaries.pm to RegistrarBoundaries.pm.old cp RegistrarBoundaries.pm.1 to RegistrarBoundaries.pm sudo service spamassassin restart Enjoy!
SSH, SASL, Hackers, and more…
SSH (Port 22 if you haven’t moved it) and the SASL mail authentication will get hammered with Brute force attacks on a regular basis if a system is available on the Internet. However, there are ways to mitigate these attacks… Fail2Ban for Linux bases systems does an excellent job of stopping these kinds of attacks. … Continue reading
phpBB upgrade gets stuck during the database upgrade process when upgrading from 3.0.* to 3.1.*
phpBB upgrade gets stuck during the database upgrade process when upgrading from 3.0.* to 3.1.* Symptom(s): The phpBB automatic upgrade appears to get stuck during the database upgrade process when upgrading from version 3.0.* to 3.1.* and never proceeds on refresh. No error is given since the issue is occurring within the configured folder and … Continue reading
Shellshock Patch
Symptoms: Your system is susceptible to the Shellshock Patch, unless you have updated in the last two weeks, this is probably the case. This article applies to Linux based systems. Solution: In Ubuntu, run sudo apt-get update, then run sudo apt-get install bash. This will update your system against the latest vulnerability. If you are … Continue reading
Outlook 2003 Error: Your outgoing (SMTP server does not support SSL secured Connections)
Symptoms: You are unable to send mail from Outlook and the error message you may receive is that your outgoing smtp server does not support SSL Connections. Solution 1 of 2: Confirm your Email provider uses an SSL connection, if they do NOT use an SSL connection, go to Email Accounts > View or Change … Continue reading
Ubuntu – How do I copy one directory to another?
Problem: You are trying to copy one directory to another directory. Solution: sudo cp -a /yourdirectory/ . /destination/ -a, –archive same as -dR –preserve=all
Magento – Forbidden 403
Symptoms: When you attempt to browse to your Magento installation or Magento directory you receive a 403 Forbidden Error. Solution: This is a normal web server response when the requesting user does not have the rights to access the content it is trying to access. To resolve this issue check the following information: 1. Check … Continue reading
xmap blank screen Joomla 3.2
Problem: XMAP displays a blank screen when you click on the sitemap in Joomla 3.2.* and higher, or it displays a Internal 500 error. Solution: XMAP references a component that is no longer required in versions later than 3.2.* Remove or comment out the following line from /components/com_xmap/helpers/xmap.php REMOVE OR COMMENT OUT: require_once(JPATH_SITE .’/includes/application.php’); It … Continue reading