The skeleton (aka “skel”) directory is one of the frequently ignored features on Linux servers, especially for hosting providers. With the skel directory, you can easily configure a default set of files to be automatically copied into new user accounts, which is particularly useful for customizing the holding pages for new customer websites. On […]
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There may be some situations where you have to move the location of MySQL, for example, if you’re out of disk space or perhaps looking to host it on another device to increase performance. Whatever the reason, moving MySQL is simple and has no impact ct on cPanel’s functionality. 1) Create a backup
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This may seem pretty simple, but I see a lot of questions about how to get a user’s disk space usage on a cPanel user. I put together a quick list of 5 simple ways for the average admin: 1) Good ole’ cPanel/WHM. You can see the usage on the left-hand side of cPanel,
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Update: Please be advised that this post does not apply to you if you’re running EasyApache 4, because EA4 uses PHP RPMs and MySQL client compatibility libraries. Please make sure you are following the instructions below that pertain to your system! There’s a dilemma among system administrators of high-traffic servers when it comes to doing
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I’ve seen several cases in the last few months where database users seemingly “disappear” or privileges appear to become invalid when restoring MySQL data or an entire server from raw backups. This may commonly be attributed to a MySQL version mismatch, for example, when a server is running MySQL 5.0 and then is suddenly running
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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
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If your server is approaching 99% disk space, your users may be aware of this before you are. At the 1% free margin, the following error will pop up when accessing certain features in cPanel and WHM: Sorry for the inconvience! The filesystem mounted at / on this server is running out of disk space.
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Note: It is mentioned in the comments that recent versions of cPanel include an Email Archiving feature that stores copies of email on the server for you. If this is what you’re trying to do, this feature is probably the better option. However, if you’re trying to forward copies of outgoing email to other addresses, the
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If 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
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