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  • server logins best practices

    By default when you set up a WHM/cpanel server you log into the web interface with root.  What is the best way to secure a new server without needing to log in to WHM as root?  I'd prefer to remove...

  • Am I hacked or could this be normal? HTTPD running as UID 0

    I know this error is coming from CSF but wondering if I need to worry or not.  The message infers that it is a big problem but I have never encountered this on any other cpanel server.  This is als...

  • How to troubleshoot server getting overloaded after the event

    Today I had a period of time where my server apparently got badly overloaded and I would like to troubleshoot things after the fact to see what exactly caused the problem.  Shortly after 2pm all we...

  • httpd failing unable to connect to port 80 connection died

    For the last few days I have seen my httpd crash every 6-10 hours or so.  The error message I receive is always the same (shown below). httpd restarts and comes back up within five minutes each tim...

  • Numerous nightly warnings and failures

    Each night around the same time I receive 5-6 warning emails from my server.  I am guessing that some of them are technically normal and are probably a part of the nightly maintenance tasks but wan...

  • transferring account with same name as other

    I have a server with the account xyz for xyz.com.  When we transferred it there we left the old account on the old server and tied it to a subdomain in order to use it as a dev server.  So essentia...

  • SPF/DMARC/DKIM failed to complete validation

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    I have a domain (precisioninvestigativegroup.com) that according to the Email Deliverability thing in cpanel says that DKIM, SPF, and DMARC are failing because: The system failed to complete valid...

  • After upgrading SQL from 5 to 8 cannot connect to DB's

    Prior to upgrading to MySQL8 via the cpanel updater our website could connect to the database just fine.  After the upgrade we get: Error: Failed to start application: Could not connect to MySQL se...

  • After account transfer mail not being received

    I have an account that is not receiving mail and I need your assistance on it.   xyz.org is the account and we started hosting the website on squarespace last week so the A record for the root doma...

  • Moving backup file

    I have a backup file on server1.com that I need to move to server2.com. It is around 100gb in size.  If I type the direct URL into my web browser on windows it starts to download the whole thing bu...