August 3, 2012

MRTG Installation

Server Management,

MRTG INSTALLATION:   TASK 1: SNMP ConfigurationWhat is SNMP?Most routers and firewalls keep their operational statistics in Management Information Blocks (MIBs). Each statistic has an Object Identifier (OID) and can be remotely retrieved from the MIB via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). However, as a security measure, you need to know the SNMP password…

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August 3, 2012

Linux – Tweaks

Linux General,

Tweak 1: Find all zombie process on server(Run this as a root) ps aux | awk ‘{ print $8 ” ” $2 ” ” $11}’ | grep -w Z Kill the zombie process (be careful before run this since it would kill the parent process which is related to the zombie processes.) You cannot kill…

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August 3, 2012

IIS and FTP permissions

Windows General,

IIS permissions You will get to know on IIS and FTP permissions below, if you find any difficulty to resolve we are ready to fix it for you. 1. To set IUSR permission for a domain, you must know what IUSR is for the particular domain. To find out the particular IUSR for the particular…

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May 28, 2011

Migrate containers

Virtualization,

Containers can be migrated via command line (windows) Syntax Simple format vzmigrate -f container_ID -A Destinationserver_IP -U administrator -P password More functions vzmigrate -f 175 -A {DestinationHNaddress} -U {Destination Node Administrative Username} -P {Password for account with rights on Destination Node} -r yes The -r yes at the end of the command removes the container…

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May 28, 2011

Prevent synattack in Windows server 2003

Windows General,

To prevent synattack in Windows server 2003 please follow this- Save the following in synattackprotect.reg and double click it to merge- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00...

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May 28, 2011

Windows log file locations

Windows General,

Please note the path may differ with respect to the application installed or configured (IIS) SMTP log files C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\SMTPSVC1 Webalizer other statistics logs IIS -> domain -> website -> right click -> open -> You can find account name / logs ex: e:\billgates\logs e:\billgates\microsoft.com IIS logs IIS -> domain -> properties -> Website -> properties…

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May 28, 2011

Reported attack site

Linux/Windows Support,

To remove the “Reported Attack Site” warning, first scan your website for malware and malicious links. Start with these tools: sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner unmaskparasites.com These tools detect common infections. However, they cannot remove all threats. A security expert should manually check your server files, database, and source code. This step helps find hidden backdoors and injected scripts.…

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May 28, 2011

Mssql management studio issues – DB in general

Database,

Error while opening Mssql 2005 management studio MMC could not create the snap-in.MMC could not create the snap-in. The snap-in might not have been installed correctly.Name: Microsoft SQL Enterprise ManagerCLSID: {00100100-1816-11D0-8EF5-00AA0062C58F} Fix Run the following command as shown to fix this. Make sure you have installed the Msql in the path as shown or change…

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May 28, 2011

Problem with webmail

Windows General,

Webmail is not working Cause – I 1. Make sure the IME_ADMIN and IME_USER are having permission for the webmail folder. IME_ADMIN should have full control. 2. If still there are problems, change the webmail’s application pool -> prop -> change to user / network service. 3. Make sure mail enable /Plesk DNS services are…

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May 28, 2011

Problem in starting Plesk name server service

Plesk,

If the Plesk name service could not start in the server. Then there could be a duplicate entry in the named.conf file Location of named.conf file c:\program files\ swsoft \ plesk \ dns\ var\ named.conf Solution 1. Backup the named.conf file 2. Check for duplicate domain entries 3. Remove one duplicate entry and save the…

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