Author Archives: rick

WordPress can’t update or install plugins and asks for connection info

Sometimes file permissions can get a bit screwed up in your www directory in Linux. Maybe it was a command you blindly ran from doing some reasearch, maybe it was something else. The following guide helps explain how to fix it. Why WordPress Asks for Connection Info – Chris Abernethy . com.

Category: Web

fail2ban – custom configs

Can’t remember where I got this info from, but it is extremely useful. I have a feeling I pulled bits from over the place. I used this procedure to lock down my Owncloud installation when I had it running.   Test fake logins, look at logs, find the failure line and then add file in… Read More »