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Install MySQL 8.0.40 on AlmaLinux 8

By cheesefather | February 12, 2025 - 9:38 am |February 12, 2025 Linux

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At the moment MYSQL only goes up to 8.0.36 on AlmaLinux 8 and I needed to install 8.0.40 – grabbing the official rpms and doing it manually was the only way that worked. Install net-tools, grab the rpms, install, start the server again and enable it at startup – note… Continue reading →

Install MySQL 5.6 on CentOS 8

By cheesefather | January 4, 2021 - 1:48 pm |January 4, 2021 Linux

Brute-force login attempt IP blocking

By cheesefather | October 30, 2011 - 7:55 pm |May 13, 2013 Linux

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I wanted to create a simple drop-in script to add brute-force attempt blocking by IP address to my PHP/MySQL login scripts. It should be pretty simple to use. It needs a database to run off, you enter the database values and call the script (see usage) before login and on… Continue reading →