cPanel – Your RPM database appears unstable !

There is a common issue with cPanel when trying to force an update. You might get an error message which looks like : “fatal: Your RPM database appears unstable. It is not possible at the moment to install a simple RPM” – RPM database gets corrupted over a...

Issue with exim – Permission denied seen in logs ?

Trouble sending mails from a cPanel – server and you end up checking  /var/log/exim_mainlog and able to spot something like  this ? Date H=(xxxx-xxx-xxx-xx-xx-co.in) [xx.xx.xx.xx]:xxxxxF= temporarily rejected RCPT : require_files: error for...

FTP error – cPanel !

– When trying to FTP, do you face this error ? Status: Resolving address of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com Status: Connecting to xx.xx.xx.xx:21… Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message… Response: 421 Too many connections (x) from this IP(x) -As the logs...

SymLinks Attacks and prevention !

The vulnerability with Symlinks and Apache is a known cause of attack. Initially, the attacker will find a compromised ‘single’ website or domain which has got any vulnerable scripts or 3rd party applications or any themes used in it and try to get access to the...

cPanel – Chkservd : Exim failure messages !

– You might be getting alerts from chkservd claiming that your IMAP/exim is getting failed and is being restarted automatically by chkservd. Although you might not be experiencing any real time issue with mail delivery or logging in, something would be wrong and...