Root password force change in Linux
Some people call this rooting a server. Basically if you lost your root password and need to get int this is your only option. You will need to be in front for the server or with a KVN plugged in. Continue Reading
Category: Linux Operating Systems
The right way to upgrade Cloud Linux that works
If just doing a general YUM update does not update your Cloud Linux you are not alone. In fact sometimes the LVE manager never installs at all. Don’t worry though, it’s just one line of code and about 5 minutes Continue Reading
How to install Cloudlinux over CPanel
It’s three steps: wget http://repo.cloudlinux.com/cloudlinux/sources/cln/cldeploy sh cldeploy -i reboot
How to upgrade mysql on a Cpanel Cloud Linux server
How to install new package: 1) yum install governor-mysql –enablerepo=cloudlinux-updates-testing 2) /usr/share/lve/dbgovernor/mysqlgovernor.py –install For upgrading to MySQL 5.5(for example), you should to do: 1) /usr/share/lve/dbgovernor/db-select-mysql –mysql-version=mysql55 2) /usr/share/lve/dbgovernor/db-select-mysql –install-now 3) You will need cPanel to rebuild php through easyapache next Continue Reading
Named, dns, bind, backup or transfer files
Most of the files are in the etc folder. Don’t forget the main dns zone folder: /var/named/
Setting up Cpanel over Centos 6 minimal
Set up networking: vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 hit “i” to insert text. Make the file look like this: DEVICE=”eth0″ HWADDR=”leave the same” NM_CONTROLLED=”yes” ONBOOT=”yes” IPADDR=66.249.*.* BOOTPROTO=none NETMASK=255.255.255.* GATEWAY=66.249.*.* DNS1=66.249.*.* DNS2=66.249.*.* DNS3=66.249.*.* USRCTL=yes Then click the esc key Then click control : Then Continue Reading
How to install CPanel over Centos 6 minimal
To install CPanel over Centos minimal 6 you need to get some basic packages. You can easily grab those with YUM here is the package command to get Centos Minimal install ready for CPanel. yum groupinstall base
kill a linux process that won’t die
kill -s 9 [PID] Also try it without the -s if it won’t go.
Manually changing an IP in Linux
It’s pretty easy actually. Just go to this directory: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts Then you will see a file for eachnetwork port, for example my server is: ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1 I already have the ifcfg-eth0 set up from the install but I want Continue Reading
Cleaning up /var
Cpanel and linux leaves a lot of log files in /var After several years these can add up, especially in the cpanel/bandwidth folder. So a couple quick folder moves and symlinks can clean things up. This is assuming you have Continue Reading