How to reinstall p0f

Steven Sublett

June 19, 2024 13:47
Updated

Introduction

The p0f service may become corrupt and need to be reinstalled. This guide provides the steps to reinstall p0f.

Procedure

Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
Stop the p0f service.
```
systemctl stop p0f
```

Remove the existing p0f package.

RHEL systems
```
rpm -e --nodeps cpanel-p0f.x86_64
```
Ubuntu
```
dpkg -r --force-depends cpanel-p0f
```

Run the following command to reinstall the p0f package.
```
/scripts/check_cpanel_pkgs --fix
```

Additional resources

The check_cpanel_pkgs Script