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What is Rootkit Hunter ?
Rootkit scanner is scanning tool to ensure you for about 99.9%* you’re clean of nasty tools. This tool scans for rootkits, backdoors and local exploits by running tests like:
- MD5 hash compare
- Look for default files used by rootkits
- Wrong file permissions for binaries
- Look for suspected strings in LKM and [...]
Delivering mail to yahoo and google is so hard those days. Almost every server has had this problem even if it is not used to relay spam.
Installing DomainKeys can help your server deliver “clean” emails directly to your user’s inbox.
What are DomainKeys?
Well you will find more information on this topic at: http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys
Installation is simple and [...]
Installing and running cPanel 11 require you to have perl v5.8.8. If you run an older version some things will not work properly (like spamassasin for example).
Do you need to upgrade?
YES if you running an older version.
How to check what version are you using?
Run:
perl -v
If you see anything like:
This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i686-linux
then [...]
What is chkrootkit?
chkrootkit is a tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit. It
contains:
* chkrootkit: a shell script that checks system binaries for
rootkit modification.
* ifpromisc.c: checks if the network interface is in promiscuous
mode.
* chklastlog.c: checks for lastlog deletions.
* chkwtmp.c: checks for wtmp deletions.
* check_wtmpx.c: checks for wtmpx deletions. (Solaris only)
* chkproc.c: checks [...]
Allowing DNS Recursion is like running an Open SMTP Relay. You allow anyone to query your DNS server and this can easily lead to abuse.
You can fix this by disabling recursive lookups for not authorized IP’s.
This article will teach you step by step how to do this.
Login to your server as root
Edit /etc/named.conf
pico /etc/named.conf
Add before [...]
I’ve noticed that on some new installs of cPanel 11.x + CentOS 5.0 there is a problem with cron jobs where the crons are not saved at all with no apparent reason and with no errors.
After some investigations I’ve found out that this is do to the fact that crontab doesn’t have the correct permissions.
It’s [...]
What is mytop?
mytop is a console-based (non-gui) tool for monitoring the threads and overall performance of a MySQL 3.22.x, 3.23.x, and 4.x server. It runs on most Unix systems (including Mac OS X) which have Perl, DBI, and Term::ReadKey installed.
You will find more details on the homepage at http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/
How to install
Download mytop
wget http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/mytop-1.6.tar.gz
Extract and change [...]
What is Zend Optimizer?
The Zend Optimizer is a free application that runs the files encoded by the Zend Guard, while enhancing the performance of PHP applications.
How to install
cPanel offers an easy install process. You simply have to run:
/scripts/installzendopt
as root and fallow the install instructions. It’s as simple as clicking Next a few times.
After the install [...]
