Here is a great resource
Backing Up Linux and also this for backing up and restoring
RAID in Linux and also this article as well
0 = Nothing
1 = Execute
2 = Write
3 = Execute+Write (1+2)
4 = Read
5 = Execute+Read (1+4)
6 = Write+Read (2+4)
7 = Execute+Read+Write (1+2+4)
755 = User has 7 (R+W+E) Group has 5 (R+E) and World has 5 (R+E)
640 = User has 6 (R+W) Group has 4 (R) and World has 0 (nothing)
(* World is like the Everyone group in Windows)
chmod 640 filename
(ex. chmod 755 admin.php)
Directories are just special files. In order to allow someone to 'traverse'
the directory tree (normally a very bad thing from a security standpoint!!),
the user must have eXecute permissions on the directory even if they have read/write
privileges.
(Above notes were gratefully borrowed from www.evolt.org/article/a_quick_and_dirty_chmod_tutorial/18/541 )
Mask Your Webserver For Security
9th USENIX Security Symposium Paper 2000
Sample HTTPD.conf file on Apache Webserver that allows for multiple websites on same IP address
How to use VIM (a basic text editor for when the server is not in XWindows mode)
Remote logins to Linux Server from a Windows machine
To use the VSFTPD server in Fedora Core 6, you will need this configuration
Change the line chroot_local_user=YES to be NO
To set up a new folder and user for the folder
to verify:
You will need to look at this as well
Or, try PureFTPD
Documentation for PureFTPD is found here
After install, it will install into /usr/local/sbin
Getting apps to run automatically in Linux
Also here