Life of a Plesk Admin

Restart Apache

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:16:53 +0000

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Edit file in gedit

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:16:04 +0000

sudo gedit /some/path/filename.php

Allow external connections to MySQL server on Plesk

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:49:12 +0000

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

Using s3sync.rb to synchronize files to/from Amazon

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:41:17 +0000

Examples:
———
(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

Create .htaccess file on a WAMP System

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:07:10 +0000

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.

Easily find or search files or directories

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:02:50 +0000

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/

Extract list of email accounts from Plesk that have a mailbox and no redirect

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:35:28 +0000

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'

Create .htaccess restricted login

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:35:36 +0000

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

Grep UID in Plesk from Qmail log

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:33:48 +0000

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:

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

Limit to Postini IP Range in Plesk

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:41:39 +0000

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