How to install FAIL2BAN on CentOS

This article will guide you how to install Fail2Ban on CentOS so that you can protect your server from Brute force attacks, previously we have discuss about some basic configs for CentOS. But sometimes that is not enough as brute force attacks may occur occasionally. Fail2ban scan log files for selected entries then bans IPs […]

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How to Disable root Login in phpMyAdmin ?

In this guide we will show you how to restrict root login through phpMyAdmin.For this you have to edit phpMyAdmin configuration file config.inc.php and update following parameters: cd /usr/share/phpmyadmin # nano config.inc.php $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘auth_type’] = ‘cookie’; $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘AllowRoot’] = FALSE; If there is no config.inc.php file available, You can create it by copying config.sample.inc.php file at same location. # […]

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