Root Compromised

Check the server if it is root compromised. Root compromised output. All of those files are set to immutable and append only. That’s what the “ia” you see is. Non root compromised Other checks: I would check the following: Logs. If you have root access you should check things like history which will give you … Read more

Cannot send or receive mail in WHM/cPanel Exim; frozen in queue

Error: LOG: MAIN cwd=/usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot 4 args: /usr/sbin/exim -v -M 1WkPBs-0003X3-Nmdelivering 1WkPBs-0003X3-NmLOG: MAIN PANIC failed to expand condition “${if and{{bool_lax{NULL}}{bool_lax{${perl{should_archive_outgoing_message}}}}}}” for archive_outgoing_email router: Undefined subroutine &main::should_archive_outgoing_message called. inside “and{…}” conditionLOG: MAIN PANIC failed to expand condition “${if and{{bool_lax{NULL}}{bool_lax{${if eq {$authenticated_id}{}{0}{${if eq {$sender_address}{$local_part@$domain}{0}{${if match{$received_protocol}{N^e?smtps?a$N}{${perl{checkbx_autowhitelist}{$authenticated_id}}}{${if eq{$received_protocol}{local}{${perl{checkbx_autowhitelist}{$sender_ident}}}{0}}}}}}}}}}}}” for boxtrapper_autowhitelist router: Undefined subroutine &main::checkbx_autowhitelist called. inside “and{…}” conditionLOG: MAIN PANIC … Read more

Postfix and Qmail Sending IP

Changing postfix to qmail which will use the primary IP of the server (216.55.xxx.xxx) to send messages for all accounts is a great way to change the sending IP to one that is not blacklisted. Qmail default IP default mail ip in /var/qmail/control/outgoingip

Fast CGI Upload Error

[stextbox id=”warning”]mod_fcgid: HTTP request length 16779013 (so far) exceeds MaxRequestLen (16777216), referer[/stextbox] Getting an error on a plesk server witht he site running fastcgi and the upload times out or you get an error: Source: http://kb.parallels.com/en/114842 Cause The FcgidMaxRequestLen directive was changed from 1GB to 128KB in the mod_fcgid package, causing the limit to be … Read more

Install the Memcache PECL Extension

The easiest installation method for memcache is to use PECL’s ‘install’ command. This will grab the latest stable release, configure it with the default options, and add it to the server’s php.ini: Un-installation is just as easy: Now add the extension so it will load Add the following Restart apache The quick install method for … Read more

Install Memcached

Memcached Memcached is a general-purpose, free and open-source distributed memory caching system. It is one of the most popular caching tools and is used in such popular sites as YouTube, Reddit, Zynga, Facebook, and Twitter. If you also run dynamic, database-driven sites, Memcached may reduce resource consumption and speed up page delivery on your server … Read more

ProFTP – Fatal: error processing configuration file ‘/etc/proftpd.conf’

Error: telnet 216.55.131.xx 21 Trying 216.55.131.xx… Connected to 216-55-131-xx.dedicated.domain.net (216.55.131.95). Escape character is ‘^]’. 216-55-131-xx.dedicated.domain.net proftpd[20885]: error: no valid servers configured 216-55-131-95.dedicated.domain.net proftpd[20885]: Fatal: error processing configuration file ‘/etc/proftpd.conf’ Connection closed by foreign host. Simply run: or Add Restart ftp

MySQL’s wait_timeout and interactive_timeout Variables

Ever get these errors? Mysql reporting error when accessing plesk. Zend_Db_Adapter_Exception: SQLSTATE[08004] [1040] Too many connections. You can set-variable=max_connections=250 to /etc/my.cnf and restart and use mysql close statements for php code. Or, set up mysql to close sleeping processes. Mysql Config. (/etc/my.cnf) wait_timeout variable represents the amount of time that MySQL will wait before killing … Read more