The default out-of-the-box installation should delete any additional anonymous users after installation and disallow remote logins completely, but it doesn’t. At least all you have to do is run the mysql_secure_installation script to do so.

Start by installing all of the required dependencies. Here’s the list, but your specific versions may vary. I’m just letting yum install all the latest packages. And I finish by running a “yum update -y” to get the whole system up to date. There are newer versions of the libnet package available, but you specifically need libnet-1.0.2a.tar.gz. You can search and find a bunch of mirrors or try the one I used below: Now download the snort source.

There’s a few packages you might not have installed that you’ll need before php phpMyFAQ will install. On a basic, headless virtual machine, I don’t install a web server, php or databases by default. So I’ll start from there.

blah blah, mediawiki http://blog.rootninja.com, And finally, “To complete the installation, move config/LocalSettings.php to the parent directory.” just like it says…

I just got Wordpress installed and completely forgot to change the random password it started me off with to something I might have a chance of remembering.  So to change it, I opened a terminal and changed the password field for the account I just created in mysql.  Here’s how:
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