Hundreds of failed ssh logins

You can use iptables to rate-limit new incoming connections to the SSH port. I’d have to see your entire iptables configuration in order to give you a turnkey solution, but you’re basically talking about adding rules like: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp –dport 22 -m recent –update –seconds 60 –hitcount 5 –name SSH –rsource -j … Read more

How to restart nginx?

The nginx package supplies a /etc/init.d/nginx script that provides the usual start|stop|restart|reload … functionality. /etc/init.d/nginx restart will restart nginx as will service nginx restart Edit Here is a link to a script you can use as /etc/init.d/nginx.

What version of RHEL am I using?

You can use the lsb_release command on various Linux distributions: lsb_release -i -r This will tell you the Distribution and Version and is a little bit more accurate than accessing files that may or may not have been modified by the admin or a software package. As well as working across multiple distros. For RHEL, … Read more

When does `cron.daily` run?

For the distributions you mention: On CentOS 5.4 (Should be same for RHEL5) grep run-parts /etc/crontab 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly So cron.daily runs at 04:02am. Same on … Read more

No implicit conversion of String into Integer (TypeError)?

Write as Your @getsystemid is not a Hash, it is an Array of Hash. @getsystemid[0] will give you the intended hash {“id”=>1000010466, “name”=>”cfme038”, “last_checkin”=>#}. Now you can use Hash#[] method to access the value of the hash by using its keys.

How to fix: fatal error: openssl/opensslv.h: No such file or directory in RedHat 7

To fix this problem, you have to install OpenSSL development package, which is available in standard repositories of all modern Linux distributions. To install OpenSSL development package on Debian, Ubuntu or their derivatives: To install OpenSSL development package on Fedora, CentOS or RHEL: Edit : As @isapir has pointed out, for Fedora version>=22 use the DNF … Read more