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1. type “nautilus” into a terminal

2. in the edit menu select PREFERENCES

3. under ICON VIEW DEFAULTS  and LIST VIEW DEFAULTS  change the zoom level to 66%  /  50 % or …

4. DONE!

Here is a short tutorial that will help you to have a working vpn server.

First you need to install OpenVPN from sources or precompiled distro packet.

Then you need to setup of the Certificate Authority (CA)

Keep in mind that the CA should be on client not on the the server. OpenVPN install comes with scripts that can easy create certificates. You should copy them in to /etc/openvpn:

cp -a /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/easy-rsa /etc/openvpn

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The following are the steps I took to get php5+gd+mysql support (in parallel with the default install of php) working with my Plesk hosted sites on FC2. Hopeful it might help someone else.

mkdir /usr/local/php5libpng
cd /usr/local/php5libpng

yum install zlib-devel

wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourc…-config.tar.gz
gunzip libpng-1.2.8-config.tar.gz
tar -xvf libpng-1.2.8-config.tar

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I highly recommend you enable safe_mode on production servers, especially in shared environments. This will stop exec functions and others that can easily prevent a security breach.

Disable Dangerous PHP Functions

PHP has a lot of potential to mess up your server and hack user accounts and even get root. I’ve seen many times where users use an insecure PHP script as an entry point to a server to start unleashing dangerous commands and taking control.

Search the php.ini file for:
disable_functions =

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Sysct is an interface that allows you to make changes to a running Linux/Unix system. This includes many advanced options of the TCP/IP stack and virtual memory system that can dramatically improve performance for an experienced system administrator. Over five hundred system variables can be read and set using sysctl.conf.You can find every variable explained here:

/usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt

Next configuration brought my load down from the teens to 99% of the time under 2.

Now, I have a dedicated Linux box running dual xeons and 2gb ram. If you don’t have SSh access, you can pretty much forget about trying this.

Make backups of anything and everything before trying this. I can’t be held responsible for anything u mess up. proceed with caution.

Open /etc/sysctl.conf and replace what is in there with this

# Kernel sysctl configuration file for Red Hat Linux

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