After upgrading or with a newly installed version of Plesk, you may find yourself unable to set passwords for new database users. If you are experiencing this or are not able to do any kind of activity with the database users, check the MySQL error log. If the log shows:
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error At times, a user may find themselves unable to update their password via cPanel. If your attempt to change the password fails, you should see a message that looks something like this: Error: Changing password for user status. Changing password for status (current) UNIX password:
Check the current version of apache by running httpd –v Then execute the following commands: cd /usr/local/directadmin/customapache ./build clean ./build update ./build apache_mod_ssl This should update both the configure options and the version of apache to the most recent version. Once the update is completed, restart apache: RedHat:/sbin/service httpd restart
What is Leech Protection? The Leech Protect utility available within cPanel enables administrators to prevent users from publicly disclosing passwords used to access restricted areas of a website. It does this by limiting the number of times a user can log in to these restricted areas. It gives site administrators
Thanks to cPanel’s intuitive user interface, necessary tasks for your website or server can be completed with just a few clicks. Using cPanel’s built in File Manager, you can add new folders with ease. So, if you’re a cPanel user asking yourself “how do I create a directory?”, just follow
cPanel Webmail Login If you haven’t created a webmail account yet within cPanel, then follow the instructions in our cPanel Beginner’s Guide to set up Webmail for the first time. If you’ve already set up email, but are unsure on how to access your cPanel Webmail login, then just follow
MySQL: Add a User to a Database If you haven’t yet created a MySQL database in cPanel, follow the instructions in our cPanel Beginner’s Guide to learn how to do so. If you’ve already built a database or two, but you need to change or add a specific user, simply
Creating a cPanel Backup via SSH To create a backup of your individual cPanel account using SSH, just follow these steps: First, log in to SSH as the Root user. Next, enter the following command string on the command line interface: /scripts/pkgacct username A backup of your account will be
You already know how important the information stored in your MySQL databases is. If that data gets lost, it can be difficult to recover from. This is where preventative measures, like creating a backup of your MySQL database, come in. Luckily, with cPanel, keeping copies of your data is a
By default, PhpMyAdmin in a cPanel server imposes an upload limit of 50MB. So, importing a SQL file larger than 50MB may time out. To increase the default upload limit, just follow these steps. First, log in with SSH and root. Next, search the path of php.ini (generally, it’s located
If your cPanel account is giving you the error “Sorry the domain is already set up,” it’s probably due to one of two different reasons. On it’s own, this error simply means that the domain in question still exists within the virtualhost in the apache httpd.conf configuration file. In the