by Joel | Aug 31, 2014 | MySQL
When trying to restart the MySQL service, do you happen to find the following error in the logs ? /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can’t create/write to file ‘/tmp/xx’ (Errcode: 122) date InnoDB: Error: unable to create temporary file; errno: 122 date [ERROR]...
by Joel | Aug 31, 2014 | Mail service, Plesk
This post will help you to track down spamming from a Plesk server, if its employed using PHP scripts in any of the domains. – Use this one to view the folders which have mail PHP scripts enabled and running. # vi /var/qmail/bin/sendmail-wrapper #!/bin/sh (echo...
by Joel | Aug 31, 2014 | Mail service, Plesk
Finding the source of spamming in a server provisioned with Plesk is a tough job. Some of the useful commands which might help you are given down. Find the number of mails hung in the queue : # /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qstat To get an idea about the the message headers of...
by Joel | Aug 21, 2014 | cPanel/WHM
A weird situation is when you can see the databases, its tables and so on from phpmyadmin of the concerned cPanel account or even from the backend, but is actually found missing under the ‘Databases’ section. This issue occurs due to the lack of mapping of databases....
by Joel | Aug 21, 2014 | cPanel/WHM
Brute force is an attack that involves using an automated system to guess the password to your web server or services. cPHulk provides protection against brute force attacks. Some useful commands to deal with cPHulk Brute Force Protection from the back-end : First get...
