Plesk only allows .cgi files to be executed from cgi-bin but allows .pl files to be executed from anywhere. To allow .cgi to be executed from httpdocs add line to .htaccess: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Archive for December, 2009
Apache case insensitive URL’s
December 21st, 2009
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If your moving a site from a Windows host to Linux and all of the cases are messed up (Yes Windows is case-insensitive ), you could try to substitute through all the code to make sure the links are the correct case. If your lucky though, enable mod_speling and this should work: # Add the […]
Linux at command
December 21st, 2009
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A useful utility for scheduling one-off tasks. atq = view scheduled jobs at -c 7 = show command to be run in job number 7 atrm 7 = delete job number 7 at -m 08:50 2009-10-15 < updatejob = schedule a job to run the contents of updatejob or type: at -m 08:50 2009-10-15 then […]
Apache MySQL Authentication
December 21st, 2009
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mod_auth_mysql will need to be loaded. in vhost.conf add: AuthType Basic AuthName “Auth required” AuthMySQLHost localhost AuthMySQLUser auth_user AuthMySQLPassword mypassword AuthMySQLDB mysqlauth AuthMysqlUserTable clients AuthMySQLNameField username AuthMySQLPasswordField passwd AuthMySQLPwEncryption none AuthMySQLEnable on require valid-user Then in MySQL: create database mysqlauth; use mysqlauth; CREATE TABLE `clients` ( `username` varchar(25) NOT NULL default ”, `passwd` varchar(25) NOT […]
Apache server status
December 21st, 2009
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Add the following to httpd.conf for resource troubleshooting: ExtendedStatus On SetHandler server-status Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from myipaddress
Too many open files when several hundred domains in Plesk
December 21st, 2009
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With more than several hundred domains in plesk, issues can arise with too many open files. Solution: echo ‘ulimit -n 32768′ >> /etc/sysconfig/httpd Enabling piped logging his also helps greatly,: mysql -uadmin -p$(cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow) -BAND psa -e ‘REPLACE INTO misc VALUES (“apache_pipelog”,”true”)’ /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/websrvmng -a To see the default open file limit per process: ulimit -n […]
Allow directory listing in Apache
December 21st, 2009
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Simple I know, but I always forget. # Create a .htaccess file Options +Indexes
Adding a secondary SMTP port in Plesk
December 21st, 2009
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Choose an unused port and add it to the /etc/services file, for example: smtp_alt 2525/tcp # new SMTP port Make a copy of /etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa to /etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa_alt and correct service line within new file: service smtp_alt Restart xinetd `/etc/init.d/xinetd restart` Edit the firewall, adding port 25025
Adding a second FTP account in Plesk
December 21st, 2009
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Sometimes it’s necessary to have two FTP users on a domain with access to the httpdocs and/or subdirectories, which Plesk doesn’t allow by default. # Create a web user in Plesk # Change the default directory to the required one and the userid to the same as the main FTP user grep ftpuser1 /etc/passwd usermod […]
Plesk SQL Queries
December 21st, 2009
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A few queries I put together to grab info from the Plesk database for troubleshooting: #FTP ACCOUNTS #———— SELECT account_id AS ‘ID’, login AS ‘USERNAME’, password AS ‘PASSWORD’, home AS ‘HOMEDIR’ FROM sys_users S, accounts A WHERE S.account_id = A.id; #MAIL ACCOUNTS #————- SELECT account_id AS ‘ID’, mail_name AS ‘USERNAME’, password AS ‘PASSWORD’, postbox as […]
