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How to Disable Redshift during Screenshots

Redshift is a great program to lower the strain on one’s eyes. However, we don’t like red screenshots. Here’s how to make screenshots have normal colors

January 14, 2016 · 2 min · Matt Bagley · Updated Sep 19, 2016
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Using Magic SysRq to Safely Reboot a Locked Linux Machine

Sometimes your linux machine locks up, and you need to reboot it. Here’s a safe way to do so using the Magic SysRq

December 2, 2015 · 3 min · Matt Bagley · Updated Sep 27, 2016
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Kernel Panics and Lockups

Kernel panics and lockups happen for various reasons, from bad hardware to kernel bugs to over heating, to cosmic rays. Here’s how to keep your machine running.

November 26, 2015 · 4 min · Matt Bagley · Updated Sep 27, 2016
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Using Watchdog to Always Keep a Machine Running

Watchdog monitors the health of a machine. If something goes really wrong, it can safely reboot the machine, allowing your service to keep on going rather than wait for someone to come kick it.

November 26, 2015 · 8 min · Matt Bagley · Updated May 15, 2019
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Exclude False Positives from chkrootkit

Here’s how to exclude items from chkrootkit’s output, be it due to changing PIDs or network interfaces that change.

October 17, 2015 · 6 min · Matt Bagley · Updated Jun 6, 2023
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Checking for Rootkits with chkrootkit

Simple way to check for rootkits using chkrootkit

September 17, 2015 · 2 min · Matt Bagley · Updated May 6, 2023
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Checking for Rootkits with rkhunter

Simple way to check for rootkits

September 16, 2015 · 2 min · Matt Bagley · Updated May 5, 2023
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Block others from Overwriting your WordPress

If your WordPress’s database gets dropped or corrupted, an anonymous user can reinstall your WordPress however they want to. Here’s how to stop that from ever happening.

July 16, 2015 · 3 min · Matt Bagley

.htaccess rules for security, caching, and redirection

Here’s some .htaccess rules you can add to your site

July 14, 2015 · 5 min · Matt Bagley
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Custom Error Pages and Error Codes with Apache and NGINX

How to make custom error pages.

July 14, 2015 · 5 min · Matt Bagley