Life of a Plesk Admin

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

sudo gedit /some/path/filename.php

Comment out “skip-networking parameter” in /etc/my.cnf

Examples:
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(using S3 bucket ‘mybucket’ and prefix ‘pre’)

Put the local etc directory itself into S3

s3sync.rb  -r  /etc  mybucket:pre

(This will yield S3 keys named pre/etc/…)

Put the contents of the local /etc dir into S3, rename dir:

s3sync.rb  -r  /etc/  mybucket:pre/etcbackup

(This will yield S3 keys named pre/etcbackup/…)

Put contents of S3 “directory” etc into local dir

s3sync.rb  -r  mybucket:pre/etc/  /root/etcrestore

(This will yield local files at /root/etcrestore/…)

Put the contents of S3 “directory” etc into a local dir named etc

s3sync.rb  -r  mybucket:pre/etc  /root

(This will yield local files at /root/etc/…)

Put S3 nodes under the key pre/etc/ to the local dir etcrestore
**and create local dirs even if S3 side lacks dir nodes**

s3sync.rb  -r  --make-dirs  mybucket:pre/etc/  /root/etcrestore

(This will yield local files at /root/etcrestore/…)

Source: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ServEdge_pub/s3sync/README.txt

If you are creating a new passwd file:

 C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\bin\htpasswd.exe -c passfile username

If your are editing and existing password file:

 C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\bin\htpasswd.exe passfile username

.htaccess contents:

AuthType Basic
require valid-user
Satisfy all
AuthUserFile C:/webroot/passwdfile
AuthName "My Secret Folder"

Move the created pass file to the desired location. and add a .htaccess file to the folder you want to protect and then gracefully restart apache.

This is done through the wamp system tray icon.

To search the current directory and all subdirectories for a folder or file, use the following command:

find . -name filename

Source: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/976/unixlinux-easily-find-or-search-files-or-directories/

SELECT mail.mail_name, domains.name
FROM domains
LEFT JOIN mail ON domains.id = mail.dom_id
LEFT JOIN DomainServices ON domains.id = DomainServices.dom_id
WHERE mail.postbox =  'true'
AND mail.mail_group =  'false'
AND DomainServices.type =  'mail'
AND DomainServices.status =  '0'

Go here http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/

Click on the header link in the mail server queue:

Received: (qmail 30501 invoked by uid 10077); 3 Dec 2009 21:47:42 -0500
Date: 3 Dec 2009 21:47:42 -0500
Message-ID: <20091204024742.30498.qmail@hostserver.com>
To: email@domain.com
Subject: This is a test.
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
From: <user@domain.com>

It says its invoked by uid 10077 which corresponds to the account on the /etc/password file:

-bash-3.2# more /etc/passwd | grep 10077
username:x:10077:2522::/var/www/vhosts/domain.com:/bin/false

• Login to Plesk and go to SYSTEM -> MODULES -> FIREWALL
• Choose Add Custom Rule
• Enter in a rule name
• Choose what direction to match, in this case, incoming
• Choose ALLOW
• Enter in port 25
• Leave as TCP
• Press ADD
• Enter in 74.125.148.0/22 in the five boxes, the fifth box being the 22 (no slash)
• Press ADD
• Press OK

That rule will accept Postini’s block. Then, to block the rest of the email:

• Choose Add Custom Rule
• Enter in a rule name
• Choose incoming
• Choose DENY
• Enter in port 25 and press ADD
• Leave the network space blank
• Press OK

It is important that you have the rules in this order, otherwise all email will be denied. Ensure that the ALLOW is above the DENY in the display list when you are done, then commit the changes.

Source: http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Linux/Q_24418022.html