[Snippet] Where are my cPanel logs at?
You've got a main error log at /etc/httpd/logs/
And cPanel's logs are in /usr/local/cpanel/logs/
Mini WHMCS SagePay Terminal Mod
We have a few customers that phone and pay WHMCS generated invoices over the phone - we now use the SagePay Virtual Terminal.
So I added a link on the Client Summary page with a direct link. Simple and silly I know, but kinda useful.
MySQL Root Password on cPanel
Wheres the MySQL root password in cPanel installs? Easy, look in /root/.my.cnf
MySQL: Can’t get hostname for your address
Can''t remotely login to your shiney, new MySQL server due “Can’t get hostname for your address” or "Can't get hostname for your address". Another random MySQL error message.
Simply put, if you look in the logs, MySQL cannot lookup your IP/hostname. Its that simple.
Is your DNS broke? Or just on a Local Area Network with no DNS anyway?
Just add skip-name-resolve option to the [mysqld] section of your my.cnf/my.ini
[Snippet] Create a large file in Linux
Need to create a large file? For disk speed tests? Or space tests?
- dd if=/dev/zero of=your.big.file bs=1MB count=500
This will create a 500Mb file in your current directory called your.big.file
- 500+0 records in
- 500+0 records out
- 500000000 bytes (500 MB) copied, 4.08855 seconds, 122 MB/s
[Snippet] Skipping the WHM Getting Started Wizard
WHM uses the /etc/.whostmgrft file to determine whether the Getting Started Wizard should run. You can touch the file using the following command to stop it appearing
Smarty Security – Stop .tpl access
WHMCS uses the Smarty template engine. Which means your .tpl files are accessible to anyone that knows the path. Quite easy in WHMCS. Whilst not really a major security risk, its bad practise to all these files to be accessed directly.
Add this code into your .htaccess file.
- <Files ~ "\.tpl$">
- Order allow,deny
- Deny from all
- </Files>
New Roll Cage
Out came the dash dodging bolt in to make way for the weld in.
Theres a lot of work before it goes in. Etch primering, painting laquering and a bit of seem welding.
Active Directory DHCP Authorisation Issues
So you just deleted a DHCP server in your Active Directory site and can't authorise a new one? Yeah... Stupid.
A client of mine recently deleted a Windows Server running DHCP and couldn't authorise the new server of the same name.
This is because the client did not Unauthorise the server beforehand. Possibly because the server hardware was dead.
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