Archive for the ‘cpanel’ Category

Securing /tmp

Posted: November 21, 2009 in cpanel

The /tmp partition is one the common places for script kiddies and crackers alike to place trojans or scripts. Because of that you should have the /tmp partition mounted noexec. First we need to check if your /tmp is secure. #df -h |grep tmp If that displays nothing then go below to create a tmp [...]

Cpanel Logs

Posted: July 6, 2009 in cpanel

General: cPanel/WHM Initial Installation Errors: Location : /var/log/cpanel*install* Description : These log files contain cPanel installation logs & should be referenced first for any issues resulting from new cPanel installations.. Cpanel/WHM Service Status Logs: Location : /var/log/chkservd.log Description :The service monitoring demon (chkservd) logs all service checks here. Failed service are represented with a [-] [...]