During a domain transfer, while DNS was still propogating I needed to retrieve mail from the old server to the new. I did so thusly… # yum install fetchmail $ touch .fetchmailrc $ chmod 600 .fetchmailc I then added the following lines to .fetchmailrc poll <remote_ip> with proto POP3 user <remoteemail@example.com> there with password “<password>” [...]
I had to enable quota support to my hard disk mounts on one of my new Plesk boxes today. This lets Plesk manage how much space is given to whomever… very necessary for a virtual hosting box. I found these instructions on the Plesk forum, but not all in one place, hence… Add ‘usrquota’ to [...]
Part 1 Retrieve the full license key from Plesk using the web control panel License Manager. Backup and download the key. # cp /etc/psa/psa.key /var/www/vhosts/<domain>/httpdocs/ Visit http://<domain>/psa.key Part 2 Then run the offline installer script… wget -q -O – http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/aooi |sh or tweak it slightly… # wget http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/tests/aooi-installer.sh # chmod +x aooi-installer.sh Edit the script [...]
I’m currently building a new server for a client and am finding great success using the top notch tools from atomic rocket turtle. (Atomic Corp) By using Scott’s AOOI script I have managed to install CentOS 4.4 on one of 1and1′s Business Server IIs along with PHP 5 and mysql 5. Taking a backup of [...]
I found myself wanting to create an extra FTP user for one of my Plesk machines that would only have access to a subdirectory of one of the machine’s domains. It turns out this isn’t as tricky as I made it! If you create a new OS user giving them the same user ID number [...]
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