Sometimes when you run cPanel Security Advisor and you get kernel out of date warning message,The warning message may be something like below: […]
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How to delete error_log files of all accounts on a cPanel server
Error_log file saves the error logs of a account / user / website. There can be multiple error_log file under one user account. These error_log files can consume lots of space on your server. Sometimes the size of error_log files are in GB. So, you may want to delete all error_log files to free up some […]
How to Stop WordPress wp-login.php Brute Force Attack on a cPanel Server
We are seeing a lot of WordPress wp-login.php brute force attack these days. In this tutorial I will explain how to stop wp-login.php attack on a cPanel server.You can also simply install any WordPress security plugin to stop brute force attack. […]
Cpanel update failure during updatenow
Today I was getting following warning message from our cPanel server: To resolve this Error follow the steps below: Login to your server via SSH as root Run following commands: /scripts/autorepair fix_duplicate_cpanel_rpms /scripts/upcp –force The above commands will update cPanel to latest stable version. After update is completed, login in WHM as root to check […]
How to Install XCache on Ubuntu 15.04
These instructions are intended specifically for installing XCache, an open-source opcode cacher, on Ubuntu 15.04.I assume that you already have a web server with Apache and PHP installed. […]
HTTP Error 401.3 – Unauthorized Error In Plesk
Starting from Windows plesk 7 till plesk 11 one of the most repeating issue that a hoster will often face is HTTP Error 401.3 – Unauthorized Error You do not have permission to view this directory or page because of the access control list (ACL) configuration or encryption settings for this resource on the Web […]
Deleting x days old files in tmp on cPanel server
Time to time we receive a complaint from managed VPS clients that they are not able to create session, they usually get an error some thing like PHP Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp/sess_8974c0acd95c8d7ae09aa9222bb1acab, O_RDWR) failed: No space Usually you can do the same old thing i.e. remove old files from /tmp. Usually deleting files older than 1 […]
How to force start cPanel backup in new backup system (version 11.38)
cPanel has introduced a new backup system in 11.38, this is most robust, has more options, and is easy to use. I personally like the option of additional backup destinations. /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup –force The above command with –force makes a new backup, even if the last scheduled backup was run and successful. If you do not […]
Installing A new drive (larger than 2TB) in cPanel Server
Installing or Mounting a new drive to a cpanel server is some thing that is not possible from within WHM interface right now. So if you are not familiar with SSH and it is your first time Do not do it on production server. […]
Server refused to allocate pty
One of the busiest cPanel servers that we are running refused to login through SSH with following message. Server refused to allocate pty stdin: is not a tty The server was returning standard incorrect password if tried with wrong password, but with correct password it was showing this error. I found several posts where the […]