Fortunately, Apachefriends project provides a development package so that I can take advantage of it to re-compile the PHP. My Linux version is CentOS 4.5 final, all the steps are pretty straightforward:

1) Download latest apachefriends packages (both working package and development package) and install them.
2) Download PHP 5.2.5 and untar it
3) yum install pspell-devel
4) Download libbz2 and install it
5) Hack the PHP configuration
    
   This is the original apachefriends’s php configuration

./configure –prefix=/opt/lampp –with-apxs2=/opt/lampp/bin/apxs –with-config-file-path=/opt/lampp/etc –with-mysql=/opt/lampp –enable-inline-optimization –disable-debug –enable-bcmath –enable-calendar –enable-ctype –enable-dbase –enable-discard-path –enable-exif –enable-filepro –enable-force-cgi-redirect –enable-ftp –enable-gd-imgstrttf –enable-gd-native-ttf –with-ttf –enable-magic-quotes –enable-memory-limit –enable-shmop –enable-sigchild –enable-sysvsem –enable-sysvshm –enable-track-vars –enable-trans-sid –enable-wddx –enable-yp –with-ftp –with-gdbm=/opt/lampp –with-jpeg-dir=/opt/lampp –with-png-dir=/opt/lampp –with-freetype-dir=/opt/lampp –without-xpm –with-zlib=yes –with-zlib-dir=/opt/lampp –with-openssl=/opt/lampp –with-expat-dir=/opt/lampp –enable-xslt=/opt/lampp –with-xsl=/opt/lampp –with-dom=/opt/lampp –with-ldap=/opt/lampp –with-ncurses=/opt/lampp –with-gd –with-imap-dir=/opt/lampp –with-imap-ssl –with-imap=/opt/lampp –with-gettext=/opt/lampp –with-mssql=/opt/lampp –with-sybase=/opt/lampp –with-interbase=shared,/opt/interbase –with-mysql-sock=/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock –with-oci8=shared,instantclient,/opt/lampp/lib/instantclient –with-mcrypt=/opt/lampp –with-mhash=/opt/lampp –enable-sockets –enable-mbstring=all –with-curl=/opt/lampp –enable-mbregex –enable-zend-multibyte –enable-exif –with-bz2=/opt/lampp –with-sqlite=shared,/opt/lampp –with-libxml-dir=/opt/lampp –enable-soap –enable-pcntl –with-mysqli=/opt/lampp/bin/mysql_config –with-mime-magic –with-pgsql=shared,/opt/lampp/postgresql –with-iconv –enable-dio –with-pdo-mysql=/opt/lampp –with-pdo-pgsql=/opt/lampp/postgresql –with-pdo-sqlite –with-ming=shared,/opt/lampp

Because we only use MySQL , so I remove other database support from it such as:

–with-pdo-pgsql=/opt/lampp/postgresql
–with-pgsql=shared,/opt/lampp/postgresql
–with-oci8=shared,instantclient,/opt/lampp/lib/instantclient
–with-interbase=shared,/opt/interbase

Of course, in order to support Pspell extension, add this at the end

–with-pspell=/usr

6) re-compile the php

Done!   

1) I use SSH remotely access the server, after I input the password, it took me about 20 seconds to login in.
2) some clients complained that they could not access the website whereas others could.

After dinner, I came across my friend’s home, in his computer, the website could not be accessible.

Then, I was thinking … he used different ISP, the ip address in his computer starts with 64 whereas mine starts with 24.

I login the server again and type "ip route" and found there was an entry forward all ip start with 64 to one special ip address.(who set this?)

After I deleted this ip route, the two problems above are gone!

Under /repository name/hooks/, there is a file called post-commit.tmpl, it is a template file that you can revise it to fit your needs.

Upon the requirements from programmers, I have implemented two post commit scripts:

1) the website and the SVN server  reside in the same machine
2) the website and the SVN server  reside in two different machine

./lampp security

setup password for the lampp demo web page
turn off access Mysql via the network

Then, the Mysql server could not start. Even I use command:

./lampp startmysql

it said

Mysql Starting and exit to command line.

(note: the apache friends package version is 1.63a)

So, I went to apachefriends.org to find the answer and unfortunately I did not find anything that can help. I decided to upgrade it to the latest version(1.63b) because this server is currently not in service. I don’t worry about the data lose. Upgrading was smooth, but it did not work too.

Anyway, the last result, I removed the whole folder /lampp from /opt and re-installed  apache friends version 1.63b. It worked fine.

One thing I need to remember: Don’t forget stop lampp before remove the folder /lampp, otherwise, it will waste a lot of time to kill some process manually.

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vi /etc/clamd.conf

"Example" - should already be commented out. However, if it is not, make sure that it is commented out (#)
"LogFile" - should be set to /var/log/clamav/clamd.log
"LogTime" - should be uncommmented.
"LogSyslog" - should be uncommented.
"User" - should be set to qscand
"ScanMail" - should be uncommented.

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Because the user is set to qscand, I have to change the owner and group of /var/log/clamav to qscand. the commands as follow:

chgrp -R qscand /var/log/clamav
chown -R qscand /var/log/clamav

otherwise, it won’t start.

And

I need grant write permission to others, otherwise the virus definition update can’t proceed. the command is:

chmond -R o=rwx /var/log/clamav   (the original permission is rx)

Furthermore, here is the good place to download the latest version of Clamav

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/clamav/

Because of " CentOS is an open source free GNU Linux distribution which aims to be 100% compatible with and based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. " , I choose "Red hat" (from the flavor list)  to start.

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After I run ./config-fast newemail
I got this  message, it might be useful in the feature.

./configure –enable-cgibindir=/opt/lampp/cgi-bin –enable-htmldir=/opt/lampp/htdocs

<Directory "/opt/lampp/cgi-bin/vqadmin">
deny from all
Options ExecCGI
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order deny,allow
</Directory>

In /opt/lampp/cgi-bin/vqadmin/, there is a file .htaccess, edit it as follow

AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /opt/lampp/etc/.htpasswd
AuthName vQadmin
require valid-user
satisfy any

and run
chown nobody .htaccess  ( for the apache friends case, the username running apache is nobody)
htpasswd -bc /opt/lampp/etc/.htpasswd admin ‘admin_password’

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In part 8

If you are serious on  your business, don’t save money on the hardware, you will pay more on the labor cost!

By the way, this command might be useful on checking hard drive

smartctl

For example:

smartctl -a /dev/* (* can be hda, hdb, sda, sdb etc.)

ntpdate ca.pool.ntp.org (or rdate -s ca.pool.ntp.org)
date
hwclock –systohc
hwclock

Scp’s usage is similar with cp, it does not support anonymous downloads.For example:

scp -rv user@host:/path/to/source/* /path/to/destination/

will copy all files/subdirectories under /path/to/source/ to /path/to/desination/

Note: WinSCP is also a powerful tool. It can be download here.