Complete full list of cPanel scripts under the /scripts directory
If you're a cPanel System Administrator you have probably seen or used one of the scripts included with cPanel/WHM under the /scripts directory. Below i'm working on creating a complete list of all cPanel scripts and what they do.
How to solve email problems using exim and cPanel command line
If you're having a problem with your emails being sent or received on a cPanel or any server with exim installed there is a quick and dirty way to test it using a few commands under SSH.
Using Songr for Windows to download full mp3 songs from 15+ search engines
Download free music directly from your desktop - no p2p, no ads, mp3s from 16 music search engines. Now a days downloading an mp3 isn't as easy as opening up Napster (the good ol days), but thanks to Songr you can download full quality mp3s without even opening a web browser! Songr is what I would consider napster on crack. All mp3s are direct download so speeds are normally faster than any P2P or torrent programs. Best of all, it's free. No ads...what more could you ask for.
How to check DNS records on a specific DNS server using dig and linux
Sometimes it may be necessary to get DNS records from a DNS server even if the domain is already pointed at a different DNS server. One tool you can use under linux is called dig. You can use dig to query any DNS server you specify (or use the default nameservers) and get all DNS records from that server. I recently had to do this to help out a customer after they moved their site to our servers and they realized they forgot something on the old server. Problem was, they weren't sure who the old site was hosted with or what the old IP was. In a matter of minutes I was able to query the old DNS servers and pull up all the DNS information.
Here's how to use it...
How to restart cPanel spamd and reinstall SpamAssassin
Sometimes you will get notifications from cPanel whenever a service goes down. One of those that I find is the most common would be spamd. If you have notifications setup on your cPanel server for spamd you probably have gotten an email similar to this before:
Using LFTP (FTP) to mirror/transfer files from one server to another
If you've been using linux for a while you have probably used SCP or RSYNC to transfer files between two linux servers. These methods work very well and I created another post for using a non standard port with SCP...but what if the other server doesn't support RSYNC or SCP? Or maybe you just like using FTP or want to create a script to do automatic uploads? LFTP was my choice because it displays a nice progress bar with transfer rate.
Modifying your hosts file to point a domain at a specific IP address
Sometimes you will have a need to point a domain at a different IP than the current DNS resolves to. This can be to test your website when moving it from one server to another or if you are a web developer and need to test the site before making it live. Whatever the reason it is very easy to do this on both Windows, Linux, and Mac systems.
Volume2 a must have for anybody with Windows
Are you tired of that standard volume bar included with Windows? Maybe you want to have an on screen display that shows the volume? I purchased a new Logitech keyboard and loved the on screen display for when I changed the volume, but I wanted it to work anytime I changed the volume not just when using that specific keyboard. In comes Volume2 to the rescue!
Can’t remove an OpenVZ container? How to unmount OpenVZ container and remove it.
When you start using OpenVZ you will come to find that there are a lot of very useful command line tools…here’s a couple people commonly forget:
CID = Container ID
Enable or Disable remote desktop on linux gnome
I found this somewhere online and found it very useful. If you ever need to enable or disable remote desktop via a remote connection like ssh here's how to do it below. This is useful if you do not have physical access to a machine which is very common.
To enable remote desktop use this command: