Howto install CSF on your server: 1) cd /usr/local/src/ 2) download csf: wget http://www.configserver.com/free/csf.tgz 3) tar -xzf csf.tgz 4) goto the csf directory : cd csf 5) ./install.sh Once it is installed, you can either edit the configuration file from WHM >> Plugins >> “Config Server Security and Firewall” option. If you don’t have WHM/cPanel [...]
FreeBSD is a Unix-like free operating system. You can install to choose third party software on FreeBSD from the Ports Collection. Many services such as POP3 server daemons, IMAP, etc. could be started using the inetd. However, networking can be stop or started using special script located in /etc/rc.d/ directory. This directory includes script to [...]
After the recent cPanel update your mailbox may be filling up with the “queueprocd service failed” emails. For example: ( queueprocd failed @ Fri Jan 1 00:00:00 2010. A restart was attempted automagically. Service Check Method: [check command] ) . This look like a small bug with the latest cPanel version where it adds the [...]
Unofficial, No mess, No thrills, No fluff, No Explanation, Absolutely No Guarantee, Ruff and Gruff howto fix MySQL Databases – Make a temp directory to work in cd /root mkdir mysql_tmp cd mysql_tmp – Locate the database, ussualy a directory in /var/mysql or /var/lib/mysql ls -la /var/mysql/_database_name_ – Stop the mysql service, might be called [...]
You must be thinking that I’m kidding. Nope I’m not. Let me explain. After installing Linux the first thing you should do is turn off all services and deny all incoming traffic till you configured the box securely. But why…? A default installation could run many nonessential services. These services can turn into security risks. [...]
You suddenly realize that the emails on your server are not working and the mail logs shows the following messages: 1MnfEt-0007pQ-Tn == xyz@abc.com R=defer_router defer (-1): All deliveries are handled by MailScanner 1MnfBw-00037y-9h == abc@xyz.com R=defer_router defer (-1): All deliveries are handled by MailScanner This mostly happens when Mailscanner is not working properly as all [...]
In order to increase memory limit for Java, perform the following steps, edit the file: /var/cpanel/tomcat.options Insert the following 2 lines: Xmx200M Xms100M where, Xmx is the upper limit and Xms is the lower limit. You have to replace the values as per your requirement. Save the file and restart the tomcat service: root@server [~]#/scripts/restartsrv [...]
What is .htaccess and how to disable .htaccess? .htaccess is use to modify the way Apache behaves for a directory and it’s sub-directories. It gives you an extra control on your server, like setting up custom error messages, password protect a directory, writing rewrite rules, blocking IPs etc. However, it can be a potentially dangerous [...]
How to make a Plesk server PCI Compliant? Nowadays many of the Banks And Credit Card companies ask you to implement security standards on your server for client data protection which is known as PCI Compliance. Follow the below steps to achieve security standards on your server. 1 ) To turn off SSLv2 for port [...]
People may think of changing “collation” for their Mysql databases and here how to change it. First, there are two ways to check the current collation on your server. One from the command line and one from the mysql prompt: root@server [~]# mysqladmin variables | grep collation | collation_connection | utf8_general_ci | | collation_database | [...]
