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    Need a linux command line guru... HELP please.

    I had a serious bad chain of events and ended up losing user data. I send the backup drive to a recovery service and they have successfully recovered all the Admin backups, but they are not in the correct file name format. For example, DirectAdmin saves the backup file name as...
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    I need to transfer DirectAdmin to new server TODAY. Will pay. Already half done.

    I have an old server with DirectAdmin CB2, and a new server with DirectAdmin CB2 (in different datacenters). I tried to set up the new server identically to the old server. I did a full Admin Backup of the old server and put them on the new server. I did a Admin Restore on the new server and...
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    CB 2 PHP Error in Apache Error Log

    I have a LOT of the following errors in the Apache Error Log: "PHP: syntax error, unexpected '&' in /usr/local/lib/php.ini on line 112" Line 112 of php.ini is: Production Value: E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED Here is the section of PHP.INI involved: ; error_reporting ; Default Value: E_ALL &...
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    DA Plugin to install WordPress?

    I host quite a few WordPress sites and usually end up having to help the end user do the setup. I'm wondering if anyone has ever written a plug-in or add-on for DA that would install WordPress for the end users (like cPanel has)? Thanks, -Joe
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    Can't upgrade MySQL after update to Custombuild 2 .pid file missing

    I updated to Custombuild 2 and all went fine other than MySQL would not start. I get a MySQL server PID file could not be found! When I check /var/lib/mysql/ there is no .pid file. I had do downgrade all the way back to MySQL 5.1 to get MySQL to run (and has a .pid file). When I do an...
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    Please help diagnose sudden high system load...

    Here's the chart if that helps. I welcome all input. please! I just want to know what caused the server load to go so high that it would not respond to any requests. Please help. Thanks, -Joe
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    Please help diagnose sudden high system load...

    My system normally runs at a very low load. Tonight I started getting the high system load emails. The load was so high I couldn't access DirectAdmin (it would just timeout) or even via SSH. I had to power cycle the server. Below is the DirectAdmin ticket info once the server came back...
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    Block all of 183.7.x.x

    I'm tired of all the brute force attacks from 183.7.x.x and want to block all of it. I'm running CentoOS 6.x and latest DirectAdmin (iptables and brute force auto-blocking). I've tried a couple of times to block all of 183.7.x.x and none of my attempts have worked. Any suggestions...
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    Roundcube main.inc.php keeps getting changed...

    I have Roundcube configured to use a different IMAP server than my DirectAdmin server so I have to update the line in /var/www/html/roundcube/config/main.inc.php to look at that server rather than localhost. The problem is that when I update DirectAdmin that file gets overwritten with a default...
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    Security question... how do the hackers get the usernames?

    My server hasn't been hacked but I do see hundreds of brute force attacks per day. I find it interesting that if I add a user (example: user123) today I see attacks on that username within 24 hours. All are from IP Addresses in the Asia Pacific Network and I have zero customers in that...
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    mcelog: mcelog read: Function not implemented??

    I receive an email message with the following message about once an hour: "/etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron: mcelog: mcelog read: Function not implemented" I've tried to google the message, but not much available. Anyone have any ideas on the cause or solution? Thanks, -Joe
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    I need to change SpamAssassin options, but can't find them in DA install...

    I have SpamAssassin installed via the DA script, and now I need to change a couple of items... but I can't find where to do it in the DA version of SpamAssassin. I need to enable remote access and need to change the IP Address SpamAssassin listens on and the IP Address SpamAssassin allows to...
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    PHP won't recompile... any suggestions?

    Due to a mistake on my part (or several mistakes) we've had to reload our system. Everything is currently working, but I have to add the Tidy extension to PHP. I know how to do this via the configuration.php5 but PHP won't complete the recompile. ERROR: Generating phar.php...
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    When I update DirectAdmin I lose my PHP Tidy extension...

    One of my customers needs the PHP Tidy extension. I activate it by adding "--with-tidy \" to /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/configure/ap2/configure.php5 and it works fine. I like to keep DirectAdmin updated and do so by issuing the following in /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild ./build...
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    Brute force attacks... iptables not running??

    I have followed the instructions at http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=380 on automatically blocking Brute Force Attacks. The blocked IP Addresses are listed in /root/blocked_ips.txt but I don't think iptables is working properly. If I issue the following command (as root)...
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