Finding the username from provided hosting service name - /script/whoowns domain_name
Finding the domain name from username - grep username /etc/trueuserdomains
Finding the owner of the account from username - grep username /etc/trueuserowners
Apache Error Log/ checking the live logs on server - tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log | grep IP_address (IP address of connected VPN or of your local network)
Permission fixer - (Make sure to fire it under public_html)
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
Restoring the backup file provided by client under his cPanel - /scripts/restorepkg backup file name with it's path
Copying cPanel access log file in user's home -
cat /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log | grep cPanel_username > /home/cPanel_username/public_html/logs.txt;
chown cPanel_username. logs.txt
File will be accessible from - /home/cPanel_username/public_html/logs.txt or websitename/logs.txt
PHP Version - phv -v
PHP Module - php -m
Apache Version - httpd -v
Apache Module - httpd -M
Checking OS on server - cat /etc/redhat-release
Checking user's running process - ps -aufx | grep php
Checking the disk usage of account - du -shc * (You'll need to fire the command under the path for which you'd like to check the disk usage)
Checking disk usage with hidden files - du -shc .??* *
Fix Quota - For fixing the account disk usage issue that is if account size is vary in cPanel and shell then you can fire this command - /scripts/fixquotas --force
Cagefs remount - cagefsctl --remount-all
Check if ImageMagick is installed - /scripts/checkimagemagick If installed, the output will be “ok”
Install ImageMagick - /scripts/installimagemagick
Checking open ports on server - netstat -tulnp | grep port number
CSF (Firewall) related useful commands
IP table stop/Firewall disable -
/etc/init.d/iptables stop
service iptables stop
csf -x
IP table start/Firewall Enable-
/etc/init.d/iptables start
service iptables start
service csf restart
csf -e
- Start the firewall rules - csf -s
- Flush/Stop firewall rules - csf -f
- Restart the firewall rules - csf -r
- Allow an IP - csf -a IP address ( It will automatically add IP in /etc/csf/csf.allow )
- Temporary remove the IP from ban list - csf -tr
- Block the IP - csf -d ( It will automatically add IP in /etc/csf/csf.deny )
Exim Commands
Exim restart -
service exim restart
/etc/init.d/exim restart
Checking the email log for particular email address - grep email address /var/log/exim_mainlog
Checking the mail queue count on server - exim -bpc
Checking the mail queue on server - exim -bp
Checking the logs of particular email address - exigrep email address /var/lo/exim_mainlog
Checking the header of the mail - exim -Mvh message_id
Checking the body of mail - exim -Mvb message_id
Removing the frozen mail on server - exim -bp | grep "frozen"| awk '{system ("exim -Mrm "$3)}'
Removing the mails of particular email address - exim -bp | grep "email_address" | awk '{system ("exim -Mrm "$3)}'
Checking the mail count of all accounts on server in ascending order -
exim -bpc;
grep cwd /var/log/exim_mainlog | grep -v /var/spool | awk -F"cwd=" '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
Removing blank emails on server - exim -bp | grep "<>"| awk '{system ("exim -Mrm "$3)}'
Checking the message size limit - exim -bP | grep message_size_limit
CRON Commands
Checking CRON Status -/etc/init.d/crond status
Starting CRON service - /etc/init.d/crond start
Check CRON logs for user - tail -f /var/log/cron | grep cPanel_username
Checking the CRONs for any particular user - /var/spool/cron/cPanle_username
