Category Archives: Control Panel

Back-end files cPanel

The cPanel operations can be performed from the back-end/Terminal and some of the important files and their details are pasted below. WHM related filesConfiguration files/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf — apache configuration file /etc/exim.conf — mail server configuration file /etc/named.conf — name server (named) configuration file /etc/proftpd.conf — proftpd server configuration file /etc/pure-ftpd.conf — pure-ftpd server configuration file /etc/valiases/domainname… Read More »

remove IP from the blacklist DirectAdmin

Failed login attempts to the DirectAdmin control panel several times can mark your IP under blacklist in the server. You may get a message saying “Your IP is blacklisted” when you try to access the control panel via the web browser when the IP is blacklisted in the server. You will be able to remove… Read More »

How to Install Webmin on Ubuntu Server 12.xx, 13.xx, 14.xx

Hello, Webmin is one of the most commonly used free web-hosting control panel, it is comparatively a good one for beginners. Installation of Webmin on Ubuntu servers is a little complex compared to installing it on CentOS and all.There are mainly two methods using which the task can be accomplished. Working with Ubuntu servers are… Read More »

List addon domains, parked domains and sub domains via command line – cPanel

Hello all, I was struggling to get the details of a domain from my WHM control panel as it did not list the domain name I searched under the “list accounts” option. In the dig result I found the account hosted on the same server. Situations like this can come and using the web interface… Read More »

How To Fix CVE-2016-1531Vulnerability – cPanel Server

Hello all, Please do read the article and save your server from the latest known CVE-2016-1531 exim vulnerability. Overview CVE-2016-1531 is most recent vulnerability reported by Exim on March 2, 2016. It affects all versions of the mail transfer agent. We all know that exim is the default MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) provided by the… Read More »

How To Install ImageMagick on a cPanel server

Hello everyone, If you are not having more idea about “ImageMagick” I will tell you something really basic about it. We will take the installation steps after that. ImageMagick is nothing but a software suite or package that can be used to manipulate bitmap images. The image manipulation can be performed in a variety of… Read More »

Shell Script To Prevent Symlink Attack on cPanel Servers

Greeting from Nixlinux, I really need to share this information with you guys as I got scared last week about an issue reported by my close friend, he was working on a shared server and he was actually studying about symlinks, just for a fun he thought to run a command on the server to… Read More »

How to install Rkhunter on cPanel Server

Hi, Security is always our concern when we have servers contain very sensitive data. There are many security enhancement tools for Linux/Unix bases systems. We go for firewalls and malware detectors sometimes. Here the Rkhunter is also a tool like that but it’s more powerful than the rest of the tools available. The Rkhunter can… Read More »

Install NGINX on WHM / Cpanel

The NIGIX Admin is integrated with Cpanel, there are lot of advantages of using NGINX as plugin increases your server speed and managing load balance. It can be managed from your WHM panel, it protects server from DDOS attacks too. To install the NGINX Admin, you can follow the below steps.You may first download the… Read More »