September 2011Monthly Archives

The following script is used to scan the server for viruses present in the server by using clamscan. Note that you will need install clamscan. This script will send an email to you after completion of the scan. Mention your mail address in EMAIL_ line. —————————————- #!/bin/bash EMAIL_=Your email address… Continue Reading script for scanning the server by using clamscan : CRON

Sometimes we will get the following error when we triedto access the Plesk control panel.ERROR: PleskMainDBExceptionMySQL query failed:Incorrect information in file: ‘./psa/misc.frm’0: common_func.php3:168db_query(string ‘select param, val from misc’)1: common_func.php3:587get_param(string ‘mysql41_compatible’)2: common_func.php3:484db_set_names()3: common_func.php3:463db_connect_real(string ‘localhost’, string ‘admin’,string ‘*************’, ‘psa’)4: common_func.php3:443db_connect()5: auth.php3:90Even a restart of the plesk service will not work:# /etc/init.d/psa restartUnable… Continue Reading MySQL query failed: Incorrect information in file: ‘./psa/misc.frm’

The following commands are frequently used in the server management. du -sch*—-used to show the disk usage of the files and directory in the current directory. time telnet IP 25 —>shows the response time to execute the command

Downgrade PHP 5.3 to 5.2 in centos 6 CentOS 6 is the latest release of centOS organization. The centos 6 normally comes with php 5.3. There are some issues with php 5.3 in the centOS 6. Some of us like to downgrade the centOS PHP version from 5.3 to 5.2.… Continue Reading Downgrade PHP 5.3 to 5.2 in centos 6

Sometimes if we access any website from our server, the browser will go to the default website of plesk. Here is the possible reason for this problem.. 1. Check the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf for conf.d sections by using grep command. ————————[root@one-res3 ~]# grep conf.d /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.confInclude conf.d/*.conf[root@one-res3 ~]#———————— Check whether “Include conf.d/*.conf”… Continue Reading All the plesk websites are loading default webpage

Some times, when we open a horde we will get the following error “Unable to get quota” in the horde page with some yellow colour and you will not any error in the horde error log too. You can do the following procedure to fix the issue. 1. Options–> Mailbox… Continue Reading Horde Error: Unable to get quota

If you see any error like this in your apache then you can do the following procedure to fix the issue. for semid in `ipcs -s | grep apachec | cut -f2 -d” “`; do ipcrm -s $semid; done ipcs -l vi /et/sysctl.conf kernel.msgmni = 1024 kernel.sem = 250 256000… Continue Reading No space left on device: Couldn’t create accept lock

Hi, Consider a scenario, if you have n number of IP address in your server and you want to switch the IP address for every 10 or 5 minutes. You can use the following script to achieve this. We have tested this script in cpanel servers. This #!/bin/bash # List… Continue Reading IP changing script

If you want to enable root login alert for your server then you can do the following procedure. So lets get started! 1. Login to your server and su to root. 2. cd /root 3. pico .bashrc 4. Scroll to the end of the file then add the following:echo ‘ALERT… Continue Reading Root Login Alert

1) Open Thunderbird then click on Tools and select Account Settings. 2) Click on Account Actions and select Add Mail Account. 3) Enter your name, your Hover email address, and your email password then click on Continue. 4) Thunderbird will try to auto configure the account settings. The orange status… Continue Reading How to configure Mozilla Thunder bird in MAC OS for the email account?