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MySQL database not showing in cPanel

If database is not showing in cpanel, make sure database exists in the server. If it exists, make sure permission/ownership of database is correct. Then check whether database details are listed in /var/cpanel/databases/username.yaml If it is not listed in it, … Continue reading

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configure: error: DOM extension requires LIBXML extension, easyapache

While recompiling php using easyapache in a cpanel server, I got stuck with following error: ——- configure: error: DOM extension requires LIBXML extension, add –enable-libxml !! ‘./configure –disable-libxml –enable-bcmath –enable-calendar –enable-ftp –enable-gd-native-ttf –enable-magic-quotes –enable-mbstring –enable-pdo=shared –enable-sockets –prefix=/usr/local –with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs –with-curl=/opt/curlssl/ –with-freetype-dir=/usr … Continue reading

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Dovecot: unable to connect to localhost:143

If you’re using dovecot instead of courier imap in cpanel server and get the following error while trying to login to squirrel mail. Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to localhost:143 (Connection refused) in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/plugins/login_auth/functions.php on line 129 Check whether … Continue reading

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Reset whm theme of a reseller account from command prompt

WHM theme of a reseller account can be changed by editing file /home/reseller_user/.whmtheme To switch to x theme. echo x > /home/username/.whmtheme

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How to enable HTML Mail Plugin in squirrel mail

Please check the following URL and download latest version of HTML mail plugin. http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=209 cd /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/plugins wget http://www.squirrelmail.org/countdl.php … 1.4.tar.gz (latest version when I tried it) tar xzf html_mail-2.3-1.4.tar.gz chown -R root.wheel html_mail cd /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/config perl conf.pl It will show … Continue reading

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Unable to send mail via RoundCube

Check the log file /var/cpanel/roundcube/log/errors and if you’re getting the following error: SMTP Error: SMTP error: Authentication failure: STARTTLS failed (Code: ) in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/roundcube/program/steps/mail/func.inc on line 1248 (POST /3rdparty/roundcube/index.php?_task=mail&_action=send) PHP Warning: ob_start() [<a href='ref.outcontrol'>ref.outcontrol</a>]: output handler ‘ob_gzhandler’ cannot be used … Continue reading

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Fantastico is not installed at the default location

If you get the following error when you access Fantastico from a cpanel account:  Fantastico is not installed at the default location /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/fantastico. Either move the Fantastico directory from it’s current location to /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/fantastico OR enable ioncube loaders in WHM … Continue reading

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exim: ** [535 Incorrect authentication data != 2]

Error: Exim status is not showing correctly in WHM >> Service Status and if you get mail with the following error: ———————————- exim failed @ Tue Mar 24 22:57:24 2009. A restart was attempted automagically. Service Check Method: [tcp connect] … Continue reading

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All Mailman web pages give a 404 File not found error.

Error: All Mailman web pages give a 404 File not found error. Fix: Check the mail permission using the script ./check_perms inside /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/bin/ If you get the following warning: —————– Warning: Private archive directory is other-executable (o+x). This could allow … Continue reading

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reject all the mails to invalid address and to accept to the main cpanel account

By default, either we have to set catch all address to fail or set it to default address in cpanel. If we want to set catch all account to fail and would like to use main cpanel account to send/receive … Continue reading

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