PHP Debug Strategies for Drupal
It's always handy to be working with a debugging environment like Steve described in his article about setting up a PHP debugging tool.
Server Admin
Upgrading PHP and MySQL on Red Hat Enterprise Edition
Enterprise installs of GNU/Linux promise well-supported and rock-solid combinations of software packages.The problem with upgrading the software on an Enterprise install is that the built-in program management system only lets you upgrade and install the limited selection of packages and versions that make up that particular distro.*
MySQL permissions for backup
It's a really good idea to use a least-privilege approach to most system administration tasks, and especially automated ones. This post describes using a "read only" MySQL user to handle backing up MySQL databases.
We use mysqldump to backup our databases on a regular basis, using scripts like this one:
