On Linux or Android you can open a console and enter
nm -D /path/to/my/library.so
This will show you the functions that this shared object (.so are the .dll Dll equivalent in the Linux world.) offers.
Category Archives: Debian
How to set a mysql password for root
Did you forget your root password for mariadb or mysql?
Are you on plesk?
Show the password: Continue reading
How to disable the meltdown or spectre patch
Disabling the patches is different depending on the CPU and Linux distribution / version you’re using or the Windows version.
On some you can disable spectre and meltdown, on some only one of them. Continue reading
How to force linux (debian) to install a deb package file?
As debian didn’t have the most recent version of a project im using and they took ages to add it, i wanted to install the new version, but debian stopped me and told me that other packages are depending on this. (Well it was a compiler and those packages where sourcecode packs and it was a point release… so who cares…)
There is an option in linux to force the install of a .deb file. Continue reading
What if WordPress gives out strange error messages?
My WordPress didn’t run and had strange error messages.
I tried everything possible until i’ve found the reason… Continue reading
How to change Debian Firefox ESR to Latest?
Firefox on Debian is supplied in the ESR Extended Support Release which gets only a few updates and you have to wait long for anything new to be implemented.
If you want to switch to the most recent Firefox version and not the included Firefox ESR, you can do it like this: Continue reading
What if WordPress wp-cron isn’t working?
WordPress and many of its plugins need to wake up and do some work for example to shedule posts, maintenance, refresh caching and so on.
Normally it does this while a visitor or searchengine requests a page and this slows down this user or searchengine which leads to suboptimal expirience or downgrades on the ranking.
So many people disable this behavior and run a linux sheduler (cronjob) to call the wp-cron.php file by themself over HTTP. Continue reading
How to force HTTPS on plesk so it enables HTTP2
Google is punishing HTTP1.1 pages and sites with no SSL in its search results and now also in chrome. Telling the users that this page is unsafe.
To enable the faster, more secure protocol in the most recent plesk, you need to install a Free LetsEncrypt SSL certificate in plesk.
Then do these stepps in your plesk panel under “apache & plesk settings”:
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How to repair plesk if you can’t access it or something is broken?
Repair a broken Plesk / Odin installation from SSH commandline with these commands: Continue reading
How do i change the domain registrar button link url on plesk?
You might want to change the domain registration button link url of plesk to your own. Continue reading