Open SSH and type the following and press Enter:
/sbin/ifconfig | grep -i hwaddr
The sequence of hexadecimal digits that appears to the right of eth0 HWAddr (e.g.…
If you have issues with cPanel running CentOS5 with BIND then the easiest way is to downgrade BIND to 9.2.4
The reason you’re having trouble is because CentOS 5 uses bind-9.3 and CentOS 4 uses bind-9.2 – The changes between these versions is significant enough that cPanel won’t work with it properly.…
check what kernel you are running at the moment
uname -a
and to upgrade your kernel
Read moreKali Linux 2021.3 Release (OpenSSL, Kali-Tools, Kali Live VM Support, Kali NetHunter Smartwatch) | Kali Linux Blogyum update \kernel*
check if your kernel is added to grub
cat /boot/grub/grub.conf…
R1Soft CDP is a easy to install and use continous data protection system, primarily targeted at the hosting market. It backups up multiple servers to a central backup server; multiple backup windows can be performed per day, and files or even the whole disk can be restored from the image.…
SystemRescueCD is a powerful, expansive live cd which is useful for recovering broken systems. This tutorial will guide you through how to get it up and running and how to perform some basic recovery procedures.…
Follow these steps to prepare a Linux or Windows server backup system,
prodced by R1Soft, for a bare metal restore.
1. Put the R1Soft Live Rescue CD into the machine you are going to restore
to, and boot.…
While the big control panel suites you can install, like cPanel or Plesk, are excellent for large scale deployments or easy system administration, sometimes you just want an interface to quickly carry out complex tasks, which doesn’t require a package as large as cPanel/Plesk.…
This little tutorial is describing how to install a secure server certificate ( SSL ) on your Linux server using shell comands Here’s what to do
First the site needs a dedicated IP and if does not have one you must assign one.…
It seems no matter which flavor of linux / unix you are running and which control panel software that setting up custom name servers is always a problem.…
Had problems with our RPMs and our sys-admin Tim Hass came up with the perfect answer ! First of all You just need to be sure that no rpm processes are running!…
While many people use the grep command through a pipe | there are more efficient ways of using it. I have nearly killed a server on many occasions by running cat filename |grep some-term while the command tries to list a huge file.…
DDOS check via number of connections
A quick and usefull command for checking if a server is under DDOS is
That will list the IPs taking the most amount of connections to a server.…
The Domain Name System, or DNS, is one of the most essential parts of the modern web. Whenever you enter a domain name into your browser’s URL bar, DNS facilitates the translation of this request by name servers into a server-routable IP address.…
>We’ve all been faced with the problem of weak passwords. As much as you inform users about password security, they want to use something they can easily remember.…
Rsync is another very powerful command that is used to sync 2 directories between servers and only transfer the new files to the server. This is a great method for backups as it is low on bandwidth and it is also commonly used to keep clustered servers working together.…
The replace command is a very simple but VERY powerful command that comes as part of mysql. It can be used to quickly replace entries within a group of files.…
Found an interessting post on the cPanel forum and though it might be of use for some, this is a sumary of the content:
What is kernel panic on a Linux server ?…
If you are running your or your clients are running their own private exchange server in the office and need an external mail server set up from the cPanel server pointing to your exchange server then you will need to follow those steps below…