Idris Mensah, Author at DarazHost

How to Fix Slow DNS Lookups: Diagnose the Real Cause

24 June 2026
by: Idris Mensah
in: Web hosting
Tags: DNS, page speed, Performance, troubleshooting, web hosting
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Slow DNS lookup delaying your pages? Learn to diagnose the real cause with dig and nslookup, then fix slow resolvers, nameservers, and excess lookups.

How to Change a Directory’s Owner in Linux (chown): A Troubleshooter’s Guide

24 June 2026
by: Idris Mensah
in: Linux/Server Admin
Tags: chown, file ownership, linux ownership, permission denied, Server Administration
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Permission denied writing to a directory? It’s usually wrong ownership, not permissions. Learn how to change a directory’s owner in Linux with chown and chown -R.

Boot Repair on Ubuntu: A Diagnostic Guide to Fixing a System That Won’t Boot

24 June 2026
by: Idris Mensah
in: Linux/Server Admin
Tags: boot repair, fsck, fstab, grub, Linux troubleshooting, Ubuntu
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Ubuntu won’t boot? Match the symptom to the cause. Fix broken GRUB with the Boot-Repair tool, chroot + grub-install, fstab errors, and fsck — step by step.