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Global variable to check Drupal user authentication
Apr 23, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
In Drupal, the User is a core module of the CMS and is responsible for the user management section of Drupal websites. In this module a global variable is defined which returns the user Id (i.e, uid) of the currently logged user. All the users are stored in users table in the database and once […]
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Load Balancing Overview
Apr 14, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
Load balancing is a technique to spread work between two or more computers, network links, CPUs, hard drives, or other resources, in order to get optimal resource utilization, maximize throughput, and minimize response time. Using multiple components with load balancing, instead of a single component, may increase reliability through redundancy. The balancing service is usually […]
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How to unlock Plesk admin user from the shell console
Apr 06, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
The default lock time is 30 minutes. Do not attempt to log in until next 30 minutes and it will get unlocked itself. If you make 3 additonal failed attempts to login, this will lock out the users for an additional 30 minutes. You can manually remove the lock from psa database. Do the following […]
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Round robin DNS
Apr 03, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
Round robin DNS is a technique in which load balancing is performed by a DNS server instead of a strictly dedicated machine. A DNS record has more than one value IP address. When a request is made to the DNS server which serves this record, the answer it gives alternates for each request. For instance, […]
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What is a content delivery network?
Mar 31, 2009
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Updated on: 13 Nov 2023
CDN stands for content delivery network in which there a farm of servers separated geographically which helps in faster organizing, storing, and streaming web site content (images, text, video and other static content) to end-users. Rather than serving content directly from the host server to the end-user, the Content Delivery Network moves the content source […]
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Webhostingtalk (WHT) has been hacked
Mar 26, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
I am shocked beyond belief to note that www.webhostingtalk.com, the largest web hosting discussion forum on the web, is offline. Its not only offline, its data backups (onsite and offsite) alongwith the current site data has been completely wiped out and the only backup which they have is written on a set of DVD disks […]
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Improve Security using php.ini
Mar 25, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
PHP has some vulnerable functions which can be used to break into your server if your scripts are not coded securely. You can setup a list of functions in php.ini using disable_functions directive. This directive allows you to disable certain functions for security reasons. It takes on a comma-delimited list of function names. This disable_functions […]
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Payment Gateways in India
Mar 22, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
As a trusted webhost for SMEs to large businesses in India, we keep getting queries from our clients on the payment gateway service which they can use on their website. A payment gateway is typically a third party provider which allows you to accept credit card transactions through your website, which they than route on […]
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Creating image thumbnails in php
Mar 19, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
Thumbnail are used by graphic designers and photographers for a small image representation of a larger image. The main advantage of creating thumbnails is that it generates the new image with the proportional dimension of the large image and hence the image resolution and quality remain intact. As the thumbnails are smaller in size they […]
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Creation of additional FTP users for Plesk Linux
Mar 15, 2009
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Updated on: 25 Oct 2023
Plesk is a great Control Panel in the shared hosting environment, but there are a few things that are not available in the Control Panel. For example, you cannot create additional FTP user in Plesk Control panel for Linux (this support is enabled in Plesk for windows). But some time it is required to have […]