Tech Debug

I’m back with some more tech geek goodness for anyone who uses MySQL and OpenBSD. OpenBSD by default apache runs in a chroot jail, thereby making it more secure in case the www server is compromised. I have talked about this before. However if you use wordpress or some other web application that needs MySQL (and I’m talking where apache and MySQL reside on the same host), then the chroot jail will not allow your webapp access to the mysql socket file which is by default located in /var/run/mysql/

As regular readers of my blog will know, I’m a fan of metal, progressive rock and a bit of eighties rock. The other day I had the chance to speak to the lead singer of Asbestos Garage, a Melbourne based band. Neon Kessler told me of their aspirations to bring glam rock back to Melbourne, and not one of mega-concerts – but something you can enjoy at your local pub.

I’ve been hit by a number of Spam comments recently that snuck through the filters. If you are subscribed to the comments feed, apologies for this. It turns out that since I moved TechDebug to a VM host, I did not follow my own post and the spam tools where not connecting to Akismet to check the comments. So remember that if you use OpenBSD and the default chroot for Apache, then you need to setup a resolv.