Category Archives: Linux
How to check if iptables blocked your IP address, and how to remove a block if it did
linux: rm command gives Argument list too long error
If you have a folder that has a huge amount of files in it, and you want to delete everything, rm -rf * from within that folder should delete everything. However, if there are too many files in the folder for this command to handle, you’ll get an error like this: /bin/rm: Argument list too …
Error from domain wrapper: domain.com is owned by another user
I’ve seen this error pop up from time to time when adding a subdomain, addon, or parked domain. This happens when the domain was on the server previously, but was not properly removed. To correct this, try the following. 1. Remove the new domain name from the following files /etc/named.conf /var/cpanel/users/cpanel-username 2. Remove the …
Bind Error: ignoring out-of-zone data
Recently a customer created an CNAME record for in their cPanel but the changes were not taking effect. When looking in /var/log/messages, I was seeing an error like this: /var/named/domain.com.db:22: ignoring out-of-zone data (some.subdomain.com) The cname they added looked like this sales. 14400 IN CNAME some.subdomain.com. The reason this was wrong, was the customer …
How to connect to MySQL on a Plesk server via commandline
This is a quick tip. If you need to connect to the MySQL databases via command line on a plesk server, simply issue this command. mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` Note: Those are backticks around the cat command, not single quotes. The backtick is the same key as the ~ key on your keyboard. …
How to regain access to a server that you lost the root password to
This applies to CentOS servers running GRUB To regain access to a server that you no longer know the root password to, you need to gain physical access to the server, and boot into single user mode. This will then allow you to change the root password. Single-user mode will boot your system, mount …
Removing a MySQL database that contains a period in it – cPanel
Sometimes you may come across a database that contains a period in the name. This will cause you problems when trying to move the customers site to another server. This database will not be removable from within cPanel itself. to remove it, do the following: Example database name (mydatabase.out) Example Customer cPanel username (mycustomer) …
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