Archive for December, 2011

Manager of pid-file quit without updating fi

Error : Manager of pid-file quit without updating fi Solution :  When try to restart the mysql service on the server then above error is generated. This problem is occurred due the “mysql ” database crashed and should be repaired but the mysql is already stopped on the server  so you need to use the following command […]

Remove IP from Brute Force Protection

How to remove blocked ip address from the Brute Force Protection by using SSH ? Solution :– When WHM locks out an user account, especially “root”, the best way is to wait for 10 minutes to see if the account will be unlocked. If the locks persists, webmaster and administrator who still can remote login […]

Upgrading OpenSSH on CentOS 5

1) First, download the OpenSSH source tarball from the vendor and unpack it. You can find the tarballs at http://www.openssh.com/portable.html wget http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/openssh/portable/openssh-5.8p1.tar.gz tar -xvzf openssh-5.8p1.tar.gz 2)Copy the spec file and tarball: cp ./openssh-5.8p1/contrib/redhat/openssh.spec /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/ cp openssh-5.8p1.tar.gz /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/ 3)Do a little magic: cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS perl -i.bak -pe ‘s/^(%define no_(gnome|x11)_askpass)\s+0$/$1 1/’ openssh.spec 4) build your RPM: rpmbuild […]

How to disable Core file generation?

How to disable Core file generation Solution :– first of all delete the core files which are present on the server or under any account then vi /etc/init.d/httpd and below the “ulimit -n 16384? you need to put ulimit -c 0 And Command to delete core files find ./ -name “core.*” -exec rm -f {} […]

How to install RVSiteBuilder?

1)After got the license confirmation, SSH to your cPanel server as root and run command /scripts/makecpphp 2) Download the installer using the command below: cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/ rm -rf /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/rvsitebuilderinstaller/ rm -f rvsitebuilderinstaller.tar wget http://download.rvglobalsoft.com/rvsitebuilderinstaller.tar tar -xvf rvsitebuilderinstaller.tar chmod 755 addon_rvsitebuilder.cgi rm -f rvsitebuilderinstaller.tar 3)Open root WHM, at the bottom left menu under Plugins section, you […]

Virus Detected; File not Uploaded! (Clamd is not configured properly.)

clamd issue Solution :– 1) Go to WHM, > cPanel > Mange Plugins > uninstall clamavconnector. That should fix the issue. If this not solve the problem then 2.Make sure you have a clamd init file: /etc/init.d/clamd chown root:root /etc/init.d/clamd chmod +x /etc/init.d/clamd chkconfig clamd on service clamd restart

How to install ffmpeg, ffmpeg-PHP, Mplayer, Mencoder, flv2tool, LAME MP3 Encoder, and Libog from source

This article shows how to install ffmpeg, ffmpeg-PHP, Mplayer, Mencoder, flv2tool, LAME MP3 Encoder, and Libog from source. It should work on most systems, however may need some tweaking from system to sytem. cd /usr/local/src Download source tarballs: wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/9225/flvtool2_1.0.5_rc6.tgz wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/lame/lame-3.97.tar.gz wget http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php-0.5.0.tbz2 wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.1.3.tar.gz wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.1.2.tar.gz wget http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20061022.tar.bz2 Extract the tarballs: tar zxvf […]

Webmail : Server replied: 110 Can’t open SMTP stream.

I’m getting an error on a couple of my servers when trying to send email from webmail. Connection timed out Server replied: 110 Can’t open SMTP stream. Solution :– I found the config for cpanel’s SM: /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/config/config.php I just changed: $useSendmail = false; to: $useSendmail = true; thats all

Unable to login to horde

Unable to login to horde Solution :– Kindly try following steps: 1. Login to shell of the server using root login details and open the file ” /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/etc/horde/php.ini ” using vi or any other editor 2. Search for [Session] and change the following From:- session.save_handler = sqlite session.save_path =/var/cpanel/userhomes/cpanedmin/sessions/phpsess.sdb To:- session.save_handler = files session.save_path = […]

Portflood Rule

You need to login to server as root and open csf file & add below rule. —— PORTFLOOD = “26;tcp;20;300” —— This rule blocks IPs that connect to port 26 via TCP more than 20 times within 300 seconds for 300 seconds. Most of the packets are to port 26, so this should stop the […]