The latest security buzz this month is about the SSLv3 POODLE vulnerability, and how SSL version 3.0 is now officially designated as insecure, joining its predecessors versions 1.0 (unreleased) and 2.0. This effectively concludes the life cycle of the SSL protocol in favor of TLS. This post will give you a brief overview of what POODLE […]
de-POODLE-ing: How to Disable Support for SSLv3 on a cPanel Server Read Post »
We started getting some reports from users on CentOS 5 trying to run EasyApache and being unable to due to the following error: Undefined subroutine &Scalar::Util::readonly called at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/IO/Uncompress/Base.pm line 1104. We found that this is due to an outdated Scalar::Util module that was unable to be loaded properly by system Perl. To fix this, you
Correcting Perl Scalar::List::Util Errors on CentOS 5 Read Post »
On recent cPanel versions, rebuilding the Apache conf returns the following non-fatal error: root@savannah [~]# /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf info [rebuildhttpdconf] Missing owner for domain savannah.tcaserversolutions.com, force lookup to root Built /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf OK The error does not adversely effect the way the httpd.conf file is built, but the presence of the unnecessary info message can be annoying.
Fix for “Missing owner for domain X, force lookup to root” Read Post »
When trying to change a user’s shell via WHM, you may occasionally see the following error: Shell could not be modified As shown below: Attempting to change the shell via command line fails as well: # chsh -s /bin/bash myuser Changing shell for myuser. setpwnam: File exists Shell *NOT* changed. Try again later. This means there is a
Unable to Change Shell via WHM or CLI Read Post »
Since the release of cPanel 11.32, the cPanel update process has extended OS checks to ensure that you are only updating cPanel on a compatible system. Specifically, you can no longer upgrade past version 11.32 on CentOS 4, or 11.30 on Redhat 9. Trying to do so will verbosely inform you that the upgrade is
cPanel Update Fails with Exit Code 6400 Read Post »
If you receive an “Internal Death” (generic cPanel speak for “something broke”) when accessing WHM and/or cPanel, the first thing you should do is check the cPanel error logs at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log. You may see something like this: die [Internal Death while parsing [stdin] xxxxx] Read of CDB_File failed: Protocol error at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/CPAN/Locale/Maketext.pm line 217. Cpanel::CPAN::Locale::Maketext::maketext()
Fixing cPanel Locale Errors Read Post »
In rare situations, the DNS zones located in /var/named might disappear. We’ve heard of this happening after certain bind package updates, or simply due to administrator error. In either case, it may be possible to restore or at least recreate the missing zones. Even if the server in question does not act as a nameserver,
Restoring DNS Zones on a cPanel Server Read Post »
Update: This feature is automatically enabled as of cPanel 11.36.1.4 If you have RBL’s enabled globally on your server, there may be times when you want to keep certain domains from having their mail scanned against an RBL. While cPanel supports excluding sender IP addresses from these checks, some manual Exim modifications are needed to
Exclude Domains from RBL Checks for Incoming Email Read Post »
I’ve seen several cases in the last few months where database users seemingly “disappear” or privileges appear to become invalid when restoring MySQL data or an entire server from raw backups. This may commonly be attributed to a MySQL version mismatch, for example, when a server is running MySQL 5.0 and then is suddenly running
Restoring Database Privileges Read Post »
