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How to Secure Your WordPress Website: A Complete Guide for Professionals server administration guide
SESecurity

How to Secure Your WordPress Website: A Complete Guide for Professionals

Most basic techniques which is used to used to secure WordPress

4 min read
Getting Blank RKhunter Scan Result Emails. server administration guide
SESecurity

Getting Blank RKhunter Scan Result Emails.

A blank RKhunter email can mean a clean warning-only scan, a cron environment problem or a failed mail command. Use these checks to identify which one.

3 min read
MySQL Error 1153 - Got a Packet Bigger than ‘max_allowed_packet’ bytes server administration guide
KBDatabases

MySQL Error 1153 - Got a Packet Bigger than ‘max_allowed_packet’ bytes

MySQL throws the error “Got a packet bigger than ‘max_allowed_packet’ bytes” when the server receives a query larger than the configured packet size.

3 min read
Diagnosis of a missing mysql.plugin system table after a database upgrade
KBDatabases

MySQL: Table 'mysql.plugin' Doesn't Exist After an Upgrade

The mysql.plugin error usually points to an incomplete upgrade, the wrong data directory or missing system tables. The correct repair depends on whether the server runs MySQL or MariaDB.

6 min read
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