To secure your /tmp drive, (this includes linking /var/tmp to /tmp) login to your server and execute;
/scripts/securetmp
That is all that is required on your part, it will prompt you, just hit y and cPanel will do the rest.
You can access WHM at the following URL's:
http://www.yourdomain.com/whm/
http://www.yourdomain.com:2086
Note: Replace "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain. You will need to login with your username and password provided during sign up. The pas...
In order to create a "canned" splash page for all your newly signed customers, FTP into your site using your main account.
Then upload an "index.html" file, along with any supporting pages and/or images, into the following directory:
/cpanel3-skel/pub...
You can log into your client's cPanel from the following address:
http://www.thierdomain.com:2082/
Login: (thier account name)
Password: (your WHM password)
Note: Your reseller password acts as a "root" password, keep it VERY safe.
Log into your WHM and select "Create a New Account" in the "Account Functions" section.
Next enter the domain name they intend to register (without "http://www." i.e. "gigenet.com"). A username will be automatically generated, you can keep it or assign...
You can find the latest WHM manual at:
http://www.cpanel.net/docs/whm/
You can access your web site's control panel by the following URL's:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/
http://www.yourdomain.com/controlpanel/
http://www.yourdomain.com:2082
Note: Replace "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain. You will need to ...
It can be found by logging into your control panel, and then selecting from any of the Web/FTP Stats options.
There are a variety of popular web site statistics programs to give you a comprehensive overview of your web site traffic & visitors. If you p...
Login to your cPanel and choose "Backup" from the Site Manager.
Click the link which reads "Generate/Download a Full Backup"
You will then be prompted for a place to save your backup files locally for safekeeping.
If you've previously downloaded a backup copy of your website through your Control Panel, restoring your site is a simple process.
Login to your Control Panel and choose "Backup" from the system menu.
Once inside the Backup menu, you'll be prompted ...
Log into your Cpanel account, and under "Site Management", go to Ip Deny Manager.
Under "Add an IP Deny:" enter in the IP address you wish to block and click "Add".
You're all set!
To remove IP banning, all you need to do is select it from the drop d...
You can find the newest cPanel manual at:
http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cpanel/
Log into your control panel, and select "Change Password" in the "Site Management" section.
Enter your old password, followed by the new one, confirm, and then click the "Change your password now!" button.
Every domain on our servers has the ability to access mail via the web.
To access your email, add /webmail/ to the end of your doamin name.
Example: http://www.domain.com/webmail/
WebMail can also be accessed from your Cpanel under the email sectio...
To create new email accounts, log into your cPanel, and click "Manage Accounts" in the email section.
At the bottom click "Add Account."
Then enter the account name and password for the new email account.
You can give the account an optional quota ...
Log into your control panel, and select "Manage Accounts" in the "E-Mail" section.
Next to the account you wish to modify, click the "Change Pass" button.
Enter the new password for the account, confirm, and you're set.
Log into your control panel, and select "Manage Accounts" in the "E-Mail" section.
Next to the account you wish to modify, click the "Change Quota" button.
Enter the new quota for the account, confirm, and you're set.
Under the "Databases" section of your control panel you can create a database by click the "MySQL Databases" link.
At the botom of the "Databases:" section, add the name of your new database and click the "Add Db" button.
You can then manage it with p...
Log into your control panel, and select "Manage Accounts" in the "FTP" section.
Click the "Add FTP Account" link at the bottom.
Enter the user name and password for the new account. You can also enter a specific directory for the account, as to preven...
Log into your server via SSH and run the following command:
/usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt
Try logging into Web Host Manager or cPanel again. If the key is still reported as missing, return to SSH and run the following command:
/scripts/upcp --force
W...
Log into WHM and click on Server Configuration.
Click on Change Root Password.
Enter the new root password in the New Password field.
Click on Change Password and you're set.
You should change your server's root password occasionally to maximize y...
Log into WHM and click on Server Configuration.
Click on Server Time.
Select the a time zone from the drop-down list.
Click on Change Time Zone.
If you need to synchronize your server time with the displayed time in your browser, click on Sync Time wi...
Select Update Config.
Select the prefered radio buttons for cPanel and WHM, DarkORB, and Security packages.
Click Save.
You can select which updates you would like to receive from cPanel automatically, if any. There are three package types availabl...
Log into WHM, and click on Networking Setup.
Select Change Hostname.
Enter your changed hostname in the New Hostname field.
Click Change.
Please note: Your hostname should be a Fully Qualified Domain Name that will not be used elsewhere on the ser...
You need to add an IP address for a nameserver when you create a new nameserver.
Log into WHM, and click on Networking Setup.
Select Manage Nameserver IPs.
Enter the IP for the new nameserver in the Nameserver field and click on Assign.
If you wish ...
Log into WHM, and click on Networking Setup.
Select Modify Resolver Configuration.
Read the information unless you are sure you know what you are doing. Enter your primary resolver's IP address in the Primary Resolver field.
Enter additional resolver I...
Log into your control panel, and select Please update your contact information here.
Enter the email address you wish to be contacted through in the blank field next to Contact Email:
Click on Save Email to save this address.
Please note: Your contac...
You can use this option to place a password on one of your site's directories. Only users that you specify will be able to access this directory.
Log into your control panel and select Password protect Directories in the Directory Access Menu.
Click o...
Redirects allow you to make a specific web page redirect to another page and display the contents of that page. This way you can make a page with a long URL accessible by a page which has a shorter and easier to remember URL.
Log into your control pane...
If you no longer wish for a url to show another URL when accessed, you can remove the redirect for that URL in the Redirects Menu.
Log into your control panel, and select Redirects.
Select the URL you wish to remove the redirect for from the drop box ...
The Mail Manager area enables you to forward system mail to specific locations, if required. You can set forwarding rules on four separate system users:
root - the administrative user on the server
nobody - mail going to no address
mailman - mail from ...
The Contact Manager enables you to set priority levels on which alerts are sent to you and when. You can set the priority rating on each contact method, which indicates what level of priority is sent to that contact method. For example, if you set pager a...
To create a reseller, you must first create the reseller as a basic account using the Account Functions Menu. After you have created the account using the Account Functions Menu, you can use the Reseller Center to add reseller privileges to this account.
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If you no longer wish for an account to have reseller privileges, you can use the Reseller Center to remove the reseller privileges from that account.
Log into Web Host Manager, and click on the Reseller Center.
Select the account you wish to remove r...
Log into Web Host Manger, and click on System Reboot.
Select Graceful, or Forceful, Server Reboot.
Click Ok to initiate the restart.
Cron jobs allow you to automate certain commands or scripts on your server to complete repetitive tasks automatically. A cron job allows you to run a certain command at times set by the job. For example, you could set a cron job to delete temporary files ...
You can allow users to connect to your anonymous FTP directory without having a password to login. This may be useful if you have files that you wish to be publicly available for download. Please note that allowing anonymous users to access any part of yo...
HotLink protection prevents other websites from directly linking to files (as specified below) on your website. Other sites will still be able to link to any file type that you don't specify below (ie. html files). You can use hotlink protection to keep o...
Log into your control panel, and click on Hotlink Protection.
Scroll down to the bottom of the menu, and select Disable.
Please note: If you cannot view certain image files, make sure that their extensions are included in your hotlink protection setup...
A parked domain allows you to reach your domain when entering the name of the parked domain into a browser. You can use a parked domain to allow multiple spellings of a domain name to access a single domain.
Log into your control panel and click on Par...
You can use the options in the Disk Usage Viewer to control what is displayed in the viewer. Through the options, you can navigate through your site and change the information that is displayed in the viewer.
Log into your control panel and click on th...
You can use autoresponders to send a message back automatically to anyone who sends an email to a certain account. This can be useful for times when you are on vacation or unavailable, or if you have a generic message that you wish to send for a support e...
You can use email filters to send messages to certain places depending on their contents. You can use filters to sort mail between business and pleasure, to delete unwanted mail, or to sort mail in another manner.
Log into your control panel and click ...
You can use email forwarders to send all email messages that are sent to an account to another account. If you have multiple email accounts, you can use forwarders to send all your mail to one place so you do not have to login to multiple email accounts t...
Mailing lists can be used to send messages frequently to a large amount of people for things such as newsletters, product updates, and more. cPanel allows you to update and configure your mailing lists to easily send out information to large groups of peo...
Spam Assassin is an automated mail filter that uses a wide range of heuristic algorithms on mail headers and message body text to identify "SPAM" (unsolicited email). Once identified, the mail is tagged as "SPAM" for later filtering using the user's deskt...
The cPanel BoxTrapper allows you to activate e-mail verification for those not on your white list. This means that any mail address that is not placed on your white list will be required to send back a verification mail to ensure that they are not a spamm...
The cPanel BoxTrapper configuration allows you to set what email addresses are associated with the BoxTrapper and also how long logs and queue messages are kept for those accounts.
Log into your control panel and click Mail.
Select BoxTrapper Spam Tra...
Your black/white/ignore lists allow you to permit, deny, and ignore email messages from certain accounts. A black list allows you to prevent an account from sending email messages to your accounts that are protected by the BoxTrapper. A white list allows ...
This function allows you to change the different messages that users will receive when sending messages to an account with the BoxTrapper enabled.
Log into your control panel and click Mail.
Select BoxTrapper Spam Trap.
To enter the BoxTrapper menu, ...
Log into Web Host manager and click on Account Functions.
Select Change Site's IP Address.
Click on the domain name that you want to manage.
Select the new IP address from the New Address drop-down list.
Please note: It may take up to 48 hours for D...
You can use WebHost Manager's demo mode feature to turn any account into a demo account. A demo account restricts a user's ability to alter files and folders, but still appears to be fully functional. Demo mode is usually used as a sales tool for prospect...
WebHost Manager enables you to send an email to all users on your server at any time. By default this email only goes to direct account holders, but you can specify that the email should be sent to all reseller accounts as well.
Log into Web Host Manag...
You can limit the bandwidth an account, or user, may use per month.
Log into Web Host Manager and click on account functions.
Select Limit Bandwidth Usage.
Click on the domain or user name you wish to limit the bandwidth for, and click on Limit.
Ent...
The Suspended Account page is the HTML page that account holders will see when they attempt to log into a suspended account. You can modify the default page to contain your specific contact information and branding, if required.
Log into Web Host Manag...
WebHost Manager enables you to suspend problematic accounts. Suspension simply means that no web site pages are served to accounts, no FTP connections are accepted, and all email is blocked. Suspension is the first step in dealing with problematic account...
Log into Web Host Manager and click on account functions.
Click on Suspend/Unsuspend an Account.
Select the domain or user name in the display list that you wish to unsuspend.
Click the UnSuspend button to unsuspend the account.
WebHost Manager enables you to quickly delete an account and all files associated with that account. However, you can also suspend an account if you wish for it to be inactive but not removed.
Log into Web Host Manager and click on account functions.
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All accounts that exceed their specified bandwidth maximum will receive a Bandwidth Exceeded message whenever they try to log on to their account. You can unsuspend all accounts that exceed bandwidth until the next bandwidth check (bandwidth checks occur ...
You can modify an account by upgrading or downgrading the package used for the account. This enables you to make wide-ranging changes quickly and consistently according to your pricing and package structure.
Log into Web Host Manager and click on accou...
The List Account function displays all of the accounts on your server. It displays a variety of detailed information including the account's domain name, IP address, user name, contact email, partition location, and disk space quota. At the bottom of the ...
This function allows you to view the total amount of bandwidth used on your server per month. Bandwidth usage is shown in total and also broken down per account.
Log into WebHost Manager, and click on Account Information on the main screen.
Select Vie...
This function allows you to change the IP address associated with a domain name.
Log into Web Host Manager and click on Account Functions, on the main screen.
Click on Change Site's IP Address.
Select the domain name that you want to manage and click...
Setting up Private Nameserver with Cpanel
This will allow your site to point to your own nameservers: ns1.yoursite.com and ns2.yoursite.com.
1. Registering domain (if you don't have one already)
Register your domain if you do not have one. This domai...
How do I create accounts on my dedicated server with Cpanel installed?
To create a new account, log into your server's WHM first. To login you will need to go to the following link, replacing "yourdomain" with your doman name. http://yourdomain:2086
A...