Archive for category VPS
/dev/null: Permission Denied
Posted by linuxsupportz in VPS on February 16, 2013
bash: /dev/null: Permission Denied Issue: ***** When a new user account is created, you may find that on login you receive the following error: ~~~~~~~~~ -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied ~~~~~~~~~ Solution: ********* /dev/null or the null device is a special file that discards all data written to […]
How to set independent time for Xen VPS
Posted by linuxsupportz in VPS on December 19, 2012
If you host your VPS with Xen environment, you will found out your local time will follow the dom0(host) time. To get this fixed, you may follow here, 1. Edit the value in /proc/sys/xen/independent_wallclock, echo 1 > /proc/sys/xen/independent_wallclock 2. The make sure the setting run on boot, edit the file /etc/sysctl.conf, enter the following line […]
Add multiple IPs to Windows Server
Posted by linuxsupportz in VPS on December 19, 2012
Imagine you have 20 IPs to add to your Windows Server and it is not an easy job to add them one by one. To easily add them to the Windows server, you may use the following command format to add them. netsh interface ip add address “Local Area Connection” 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 To add IP […]
Change VPS Time Zone
Posted by linuxsupportz in VPS on November 28, 2012
How will you change server time? On Linux Server:: ========== 1. Login as a Root. 2. The time zones are located on server in the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo, so change the directory to that one. Code: root@Server [~]# cd /usr/share/zoneinfo 3. Copy or move the current local time zone so that you will be able to […]
Difference between Xen and Open VZ
Posted by linuxsupportz in VPS on November 25, 2012
While both Xen and OpenVZ are open source server virtualisation technology, there exists some big differences between the two. I think potential VPS customers might need to check the applications that need to be hosted to determine which one is the preferable virtualisation technology. On one hand you have Xen, a para-virtualisation platform that […]
About VPS
Posted by linuxsupportz in VPS on November 25, 2012
1.1. What is VPS?A virtual private server or virtual dedicated server (VPS or VDS)is a server run through virtualization. It is used to partition a single physical server into many isolated virtual private servers. Each virtual private server looks and behaves exactly like a real networked server system, complete with its own set of init […]
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