New WHM Tweak Settings – Regarding MySQL

I recently found a specific explanation for why I keep seeing mysql settings being off in my.cnf and causing load issues. Recent changes in WHM have added an option to Tweak settings that will allow WHM to determine the “best” settings value. So anytime mysql is restarted from within cpanel, the settings are changed/modified. These…


A friend needs help…

https://www.gofundme.com/2j8nnw4 I normally would not do this here but a friend of mine is in a bad spot, working two job, going to school and needs help. Please check it out and drop a $1.00, $2.00, $5.00 or whatever you can to help. She’s a single mom with two small kids who could use a…


Nss Bug

The Problem: There is an issue on CloudLinux 6.8 and CentOS 6.8 servers with the nss package version numbered 3.21.0-8. In general, if you see either: curl https://google.com > /dev/null Illegal instruction (core dumped) or rhn_check Illegal instruction (core dumped) In both cases, the fix that is being advised amounts to downgrading the nss packages…


Cpanel – SSL’s hostnames are required to have DNS entries

tl;dr When cPanel starts up, if it doesn’t have a valid SSL (now valid properly signed SSL) it reissues it’s own SSL, or panics if it cannot. cPanel is now requiring a valid hostname check (similar to Let’s Encrypt) as a part of that check. Therefore, a server’s hostname now has to point at the…


Boot Failure Troubleshooting Flowchart

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Dealing With Angry Clients

Hey all, We all know the feeling of dread (eg. pucker) when a linecard goes down because someone uploaded and then rebooted into a corrupt IOS on a core router and the phones start ringing off the hook… le sigh… Here. It. Comes. In having to deal with this and a multitude of other issue…


Findmnt

DESCRIPTION ‘findmnt’ will list all mounted filesytems or search for a filesystem. The findmnt command is able to search in /etc/fstab, /etc/mtab or proc/self/mountinfo. If device or mountpoint is not given, all filesystems are shown. The device may be specified by device name, maj:min, filesystem LABEL or UUID, or partition PARTUUID or PARTLABEL. Note that…


How Do I Block One Domain From Sending Email From My Server? | cPanel Forums

Source: How Do I Block One Domain From Sending Email From My Server? | cPanel Forums You can try the following steps. First, in root SSH, run these commands: Code: touch /etc/blockeddomains echo “domain.com” >> /etc/blockeddomains Please replace domain.com with the domain name. Do not replace the “” part as that’s required, only the domain.com…


Horde Error: “The preference ‘identities’ could not be saved because its data exceeds the maximum allowable size.”

Howdy! I ran into this Horde error with a client that was trying to add additional identities in Horde groupware 5.2.6 “Preferences for Mail” “Personal Information” but was getting this error message in a red popup in lower right corner: “The preference ‘identities’ could not be saved because its data exceeds the maximum allowable size.”…


Exim Vulnerability CVE-2016-1531

From the cPanel Security Team: exim CVE-2016-1531 Background Information: On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Exim announced a vulnerability in all versions of the Exim software. Impact: According to Exim development: “All installations having Exim set-uid root and using ‘perl_startup’ are vulnerable to a local privilege escalation. Any user who can start an instance of Exim…