Update 2/14/14: These instructions have been updated to apply to 11.36+. If at all possible, you should use WHM to install MySQL, however, if you need a version of MySQL outside of what they are offering in current cPanel versions, it is possible to install your own versions. These instructions can also be used to…
Read moreIf you go into WHM > List Accounts and all your accounts are showing an unlimited quota and 0 disk space usage, you probably have a quota problem. First thing, try running /scripts/fixquotas This’ll take a while depending on your current disk usage, but will usually fix the problem. If it doesn’t, make sure that…
Read moreThe following is a guest post from Gwen Davis of hostingobserver.com. History The first cron was written in the early 1970s for Version 7 UNIX as a system service (also known in UNIX as a daemon). The algorithm, invoked from the /etc/inittab location whenever the OS entered a multi-user mode, was simple — every minute,…
Read moreThis post will explain a simple process for installing a Red5 Flash Media server in a VPS or Dedicated environment. Install Subversion and Java yum -y install java-1.7.0-openjdk java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel yum -y install subversion Install Ant (get the latest from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi) cd /opt wget http://apache.spinellicreations.com/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.9.0-bin.zip unzip ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.9.0-bin.zip mv apache-ant-1.9.0 ant ln -s /opt/ant/bin/ant /usr/bin/ant Update bash…
Read moreOne of the most common problems that hosting providers face is the issue of user email not being delivered to other mail servers. Not only does it annoy the end user, but it’s extremely frustrating for the server administrator to deal with since there’s not always a clear indication of why email doesn’t get delivered…
Read moreI love waking up in on a nice Saturday morning to find out that one of my servers was rooted. A two-year-old kernel issue in Redhat distributions has surfaced in the form of a nasty exploit byAc1db1tch3z. Basically, a 32-bit binary is compiled and loaded to the server, and when run by any users (even…
Read moreOne user on the cPanel forums spent some time summarizing the four PHP handlers,currently available via EasyApache, into a neat little chart that makes it easy to do a quick comparison. With that user’s permission, I’m posting the chart here: Click on the image for the original-sized diagram. Thanks to Miraenda from errorcodex.com for providing…
Read moreThere was a situation today where I had to mass-move a bunch of accounts from one partition to another. WHM’s Rearrange an Account function does this one account at a time, but to move over 50 of them, a more scripted solution was necessary. Here’s how I did it on a live server without causing…
Read moreWe’ve developed our first cPanel 11.25 cheat sheet, now available for your downloading pleasure. The sheet is comprised of common file, script, and configuration locations for help at a quick glance. [dm]1[/dm] More cheat sheets will be available soon! Check back on our Cheat Sheets page for more.…
Read moreCPanel utilizes a script called “optimizefs” that removes the atime attribute from certain files on the system. For larger servers, this can create a lot of i/o load for a problem that can be fixed simply by mounting your file systems with the noatim Metabolic Masterpiece e flag if your file system is ext2 or…
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