Tag Archives: Linux

Pass a PCI Compliance Scan in 5 Steps

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Max

PCI (Payment Card Industry) Compliance/Standards were originally created to standardize on a set of rules and guidelines to help protect credit card holders from theft – specifically theft from a website being hacked and their information compromised. At what point … Continue reading →

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Set the time zone on a per user basis

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Max

Continuing on my general rant that all computer systems should use UTC/GMT for their system clocks the question is often posed by users that want to see their own local time when they log into a remote computer. Procedure – … Continue reading →

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Reboot Linux box after a kernel panic

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Max

To reboot a Linux box automatically after a kernel panic all you need to do is customize the “kernel.panic” sysctl. > echo “kernel.panic=10″ >> /etc/sysctl.conf This example will cause a reboot after 10 seconds.

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