CHAPTER 3. FAQ

1. edit perl / cgi script   at top of file #!/usr/bin/perl

2. Use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);   errors should be redirected to browser rather then getting a 500

error.

3. Also, check if the script runs on the command line   perl  w ./scriptname.cgi   and see if it gives you errors.

Q: What do I do if subdomain logs are not getting processed?

A: Do the following:

1. rm  f username/tmp/lastrun

2. killall  9 cpanellogd

3. /usr/local/cpanel/cpanellogd

Q: How do I stop a crontab?

Add    /dev/null 2 &1   after the entry in the crontab.

Q: What do I do when MySQL gives error of access denied for root@localhost?

A: Make sure root pass is in /root/.my.cnf , this is usually the first root password the box was given when cPanel

was installed.

Q: How do I set the /etc/my.cnf file for sites with vbb forums that don't close connections, thus spawning 500

mysqld's and hogging all the RAM?

A: Do the following to mysqld:

  set variable = max connections=1500

  set variable = max user connections=200

  set variable = wait timeout=200

  set variable = interactive timeout=800

Q: What do I do if SpamAssassin is taking up a lot of memory and CPU?

A: The chances are the dbm database has gotten corrupted. Try this:

1. Find out what user it's running as with 'top'.

2. cd /home/user/

3. rm  rf .spamassasin

4. Then mail them a couple of times to see if it fixes the problem.

Q: What do I do if buildapache.sea bombs out with a lot of nasty looking errors?

A: Do the following:

1. Find out the version (cat /etc/redhat release).

2. Find a server running the same version that works.

3. tar xzvf bits.tgz /usr/include/bits

4. Copy that to the broken server.

5. Backup /usr/include/bits somewhere.

6. tar xzvf bits.tgz from /

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