Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Marius Bogdan Lixandru is a highly experienced content creator from Romania with a background in biology, chemistry and computer programming. He loves writing technical guides that are accessible for non-technical people. Born in 1984, he has always expressed interest in technology. Beyond technology and biology, he has a passion for agriculture, the science and beauty of which have encouraged him to start his own vegetable garden and plant dozens of fruit-bearing trees with fragrant and succulent, sweet and sour fruits. When he’s not losing nights uncovering the deepest hidden secrets of the latest tech devices, he’s likely enjoying a refreshing slice of juicy, honey-sweet watermelon, sluggishly lying on the grass in his orchard, sitting in the shade under the trees he himself has planted. Torpid summer days accompanied by cicada sounds and greeted by his smiling wife and happy, tail-wagging presence of his two mioritic shepherd dogs are some of the simpler pleasures in life that help him recharge his batteries to take on the latest tech challenges. Support My Work and Feel free to contact me.

Manually Update A New Version Of phpMyAdmin In Your Synology

23 August 20217 February 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

We all know that updates to Synology Packages become available at a later date, quite some time after the official updates to the software are released by developers. Recently phpMyAdmin has released some extremely important and indispensable security updates. Synology will update its own Package in a few months’ time which means that, until then, … Read more about Manually Update A New Version Of phpMyAdmin In Your Synology

Change Password On Your SQL Database with phpMyAdmin

17 August 20215 February 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Occasionally you will need or want to change your SQL database password. In this guide I will teach you, step by step, how to change your SQL database password for your WordPress website hosted on a Synology NAS. Fortunately, Synology provides us with all the tools we need for this. First of all you will … Read more about Change Password On Your SQL Database with phpMyAdmin

Synology Apache HTTP Server 2.4 Package is out of date

17 August 20212 February 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Knock, Knock, Synology! It’s been more than one year without any update to the Apache HTTP Server 2.4 package. The current version for the Synology Apache HTTP Server package is 2.4.29 which has huge holes in security. If you take a look at the Apache 2.4 changelog page you’ll see that the latest version is … Read more about Synology Apache HTTP Server 2.4 Package is out of date

Synology PHP 7.2.13 and New WebStation Update

7 April 202221 January 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

After contacting Synology support and receiving a reply, I learned that an upcoming WebStation update, which will make PHP 7.2.13 work, will be released on the 22nd of January, 2019, and be available for download via the Synology Package Center. The current version of WebStation (version 0143) cannot detect PHP 7.2.13 yet. The official answer … Read more about Synology PHP 7.2.13 and New WebStation Update

Synology: Force you to install all older version of PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.0 – Apache 2.2 and 2.4

10 August 202120 January 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

This is really a weird thing which Synology needs to solve in its future DSM updates: dependencies. For example PHP 7.2 is dependent on earlier versions, and so is Apache 2.2. If I am using PHP 7.2, why am I forced to also install versions 5.6 and 7.0? Why am I forced to install APACHE … Read more about Synology: Force you to install all older version of PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.0 – Apache 2.2 and 2.4

Synology: Error establishing a database connection after WordPress Import

9 August 202120 January 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

You have imported your website from a private hosting service directly to your own Synology NAS but now, every time you try to access your website, you get this error: “Error establishing a database connection”. If the password and username in your wp-config.php file match perfectly and all the file permissions are set up correctly, … Read more about Synology: Error establishing a database connection after WordPress Import