Install LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL and PHP)

yum install httpd php php-mysql mysql mysql-server
chkconfig httpd on
chkconfig mysqld on
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
/etc/init.d/mysqld restart

set MySQL root password

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Here we add a few additional repositories to Centos 5.

install yum priorities

First, install the Yum Priority package, which protect the base Centos 5 components from being overwritten.

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use public keys to authenticate 2 servers Server1 and Server2

on Server1

generate keys

• do not input a password
• this will generate 2 files: id_rsa (p[rivate key)

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Software used:

• Putty 0.60 (from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty)
• CentOS 5.2

Here is how I setup Putty to connect to CentOS, fix the problem of full screen tools (such as system-admin-network).…

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Software Used

Server:

• CentOS 5.2 i386

Client:

• NoMachine NX Client for Windows 3.2.0-13

On the linux box, install X Windows and Gnome first (if not installed yet)…

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As a Linux beginner, it is always hard to understand what all these directory names means. Here is a list of the directory hierarchy of CentOS 5.

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