Tag: server

Loading Saved Site Configuration into IIS

Posted by Admin Reports – February 5, 2008

If you read Saving Site Configuration to File you’ll also want to know how to load that file back into your Windows Server running IIS. You can use the file to duplicate the site configuration on a development Windows server.

Use it when you move to another Windows server. You can even use it to load a new website so you don’t have to configure PHP or any other extensions or loadable modules. Keep in mind if you do want to load a new website to duplicate the configuration you’ll have to change the host headers and IP address assigned to the new site in Windows Server IIS manager.

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Saving Site Configuration to a File

Posted by Admin Reports – January 28, 2008

From time to time it is a good idea to save the site meta data (configuration) to a file. I do this every time I make a change to the site configuration. It’s also good to have a backup in case something bad happens to the server. I treat site configuration backups the same way I do a mysql backups. I download them to my dev server for safe keeping.

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Quick Tip: Adding mySQL and PHP to Your Windows Path

Posted by Admin Reports – January 25, 2008

Here is a quick tip showing you how to add mySQL and PHP to your Windows Server path. Many people ask how to do this and while it is included in the Installing mySQL and Installing PHP tutorials I thought I would make it easier for everyone to get the information.

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MySQL Server Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Posted by Admin Reports – January 20, 2008

Found this at SecurityFocus. MySQL is vulnerable to a couple new exploits.

MySQL is prone to multiple vulnerabilities, including privilege-escalation and denial-of-service issues.

Exploiting the privilege-escalation vulnerability may allow attackers to perform certain actions with elevated privileges. Successful exploits of the denial-of-service issue will cause the database server to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

These issues affect versions prior to MySQL 5.0.52, MySQL 5.1.23, and MySQL 6.0.4.

To exploit these issues, attackers can use standard database client software in conjunction with standard operating system utilities.

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address these issues. Please see the references for more information.
Note that MySQL 6.0.4 and 5.1.23 have not been released yet.

Password Protecting Directories on Windows Servers

Posted by Admin Reports – December 26, 2007

Well it has been a while since I added any articles to the site. Before I get on with the article let me first announce that Admin Reports has opened a forum for you to get help with your Windows Server problems.

You can find the forum at Windows Server Forums

Password protecting websites, directories and files on Windows 2003 Servers is very easy. It only takes a couple clicks and it’s done. For users to access the protected areas they’ll need to have an account on the server. There are ways to avoid this by using Passport authorization, but for this article we’ll use Integrated Windows authentication.

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