system-administration

  1. cPanelMichael

    [UPS-177] Service Failures after CentOS 7.7 update

    Hello Everyone, We have received a number of reports regarding service failures with the error "Too many levels of symbolic links". This is an upstream issue involving the latest update to systemd included in CentOS 7.7. Technical Summary The recent CentOS 7.7 update includes an update to...
  2. Rajesh Chauhan

    Multiple Compromised Sites Cleanup?

    Hi, One of our server facing issues of compromised accounts, most of the websites got infected with kind of malware Files getting added automatically starts sendings emails or they redirect first time visitor's to the unknown website url. I tried to scan the server with clamav but no luck. Is...
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    Slow requests for random static files

    I have an odd situation here. I'm migrating accounts to a new server and have found that most of the time loading sites from the new server will result in a long wait for one or two random static files, taking between 15 and 60 seconds, with some edge cases taking much longer. Tcpdump shows the...
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    Setting up Cloudflare Problem

    bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudflare/CloudFlare-CPanel/master/cloudflare.install.sh) -k [YOUR_HOST_API_KEY] -n '[YOUR_COMPANY_NAME]' Where to get YOUR_HOST_API_KEY and YOUR_COMPANY_NAME I am on WHM/Cpanel VPS trial lisence now.
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    Block incoming connections of a shared IP address in server

    Hello, I have a reseller on a separate IP address on Server. I would like to temporarily disable all the websites hosted on that particular reseller's shared IP without suspending the accounts, so that i can immediately reactivate all the accounts later. I tried blocking the IP address in CSF...
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    Opening port already opened in CSF issue

    Hello, Tried to open a specific port (5200) for an application API. Included the port in the allowed list in csf (csf.conf) and still the port is listed as closed. Looked everywhere for information, even tried to add it to public ports via firewalld, still no success (CentOS 7, cpHulk disabled...
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    Increasing size of LVM root partition issue

    I had a one goal to mount 2 HDD at one place - at root [root@s151409 ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes, 488281250 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk...
  8. Sujoy Dhar

    Accidentally ran find / -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0644

    I have run this command find / -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0644 accidentally instead of find /home/user/public_html -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0644 My server is not working , though I got to know something wrong happening , I have cancelled the task. Now I can access whm and the...
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    SOLVED Server wont boot but data accessable through Rescue Mode

    Hi, One of our OVH servers that run cPanel crashed and did not boot into the OS. I can still access the full data if i boot from OVH Rescue Mode. I have about 250GB of data. Before i try to repair or attempt anything i like to copy the 250gb to another server (remote or local) before i...
  10. A

    Cron jobs delete from server

    Hi Team, all Created cron jobs are deleted from server.. I try to create new cron and then newly created cron job automatically deleted., Please resolve this issue on high priority
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    Discord bot on a cPanel Account?

    I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to host a discord bot on cPanel 24/7
  12. Q

    How to block port 3306?

    How to block 3306 ?
  13. A

    Set up Google Analytics Code on Website?

    Hi, Can someone help me with this issue? i can't find where to put the google analytics code in cpanel. i only have index.php but it only looks like,
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    SOLVED Programming language to create cPanel plugin?

    I've reviewed some of the documentation provided but I wanted to get feedback or recommendations from users within the community. What is the best/recommended programming language to build a cPanel plugin? The plugin will allow users to install and manage WordPress installations. I know this...
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    Creating contact form question

    Hi, In order to avoid getting spammed to death with a mailto:, I'm using a form as a method of website contact. I know how to create a form (the easy part), but I don't know what to create around it or -- more imporantly, because there are sites on creating those files -- how to configure those...
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    502 bad gateway error Engintron and Cloudflare

    Hi, I am experiencing an 502 bad gateway error for my cloudflare domains while using Engintron. When Engintron is disabled the sites were loading. When we enable it , the site shows 502 bad gateway error. Any suggestions are welcome.
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    Securing server question

    Hello guys, am having trouble with my cpanel, recently my site start behaving strange, acting very slow in term of access time, later i was told my cpanel was hacked, please can somebody suggest me a better feature that i will use to secure my cpanel account.
  18. Z

    Hidden IPs trying to connect to my server?

    Hello In Home »Security Center » cPHulk Brute Force Protection »» History Reports There are many reports for IPs trying to brute force my server, most of these IPs are 1 IP which is : 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 What is this IP and how to block it ? becuase the system doesn't...
  19. MajorLancelot

    Mod_Evasive + Cloudflare Issue

    We often use mod_evasive as part of our sec. measures and also have customers running through Cloudflare (Full DNS). We have noticed that once mod_evasive installed, customers on Cloudflare will start having issues. Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks!
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    Failed to remove runtime directory /run/user/1066: Device or resource busy

    Hi All These messages are plaguing us for years now: Failed to remove runtime directory /run/user/1066: Device or resource busy There's another thread about this issue, but it leads nowhere. (=lots of guessing but no solution) fuser -m spews a bunch of pids, and ps makes it a pârty. :oops...