More and more internet access providers are closing port 25 to reduce spam except for connections to their own mailservers. If you run your own mailserver and have problems to connect to it on port 25, you can enable port
How to reset the MySQL root password
The following steps describe the procedure to reset the mysql root password on Linux. 1) Stop the mysql server /etc/init.d/mysql stop 2) Start the mysql server manually without permission tables which allows us to login as root user without password:
How to backup the cronjobs of all users on Debian and Ubuntu Linux?
The cronjobs (crontabs) for all system users in Debian and Ubuntu Linux are stored in the directory /var/spool/cron/crontabs. To make a backup with tar, use this command: tar pcfz /root/user_crontabs.tar.gz /var/spool/cron/crontabs The backup file user_crontabs.tar.gz is be stored in the
How to use a custom php.ini with suphp
To use a custom php.ini file with SuPHP for a website, you can define the path to the php.ini file in a .htaccess file or in the apache vhost like this: suPHP_ConfigPath /home/websites/domain.tld/ Then add a php.ini file in the
Redirect a subdomain with apache mod_rewrite and keep the URL in the address bar
If you want to redirect a subdomain like sub.domain.tld into a subdirectory of the website and keep the original URL in the browser location bar, you may use the following apache directives. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sub.domain.tld [NC] RewriteRule ^/(.*)$
How to display hidden files with pure-ftpd on Debian and Ubuntu Linux
If hidden files (files that start with a dot like .htaccess, .bash_history, .profile or .ssh) are not displayed in your FTP client, then they are most likely disabled in the FTP server. To enable hidden files in pure-ftpd on Debian
Redirect domains without www (e.g. domain.com) to www.domain.com with apache rewrite rules
If all your visitors shall access your website with a URL like www.domain.com and not without www, use the following apache rewrite rule for redirecting them. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www RewriteRule (.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}$1 [L,R] The apache rewrite rule can
How to set PassivePortRange and PassiveIP in pure-ftpd on Debian and Ubuntu Linux
If you run a firewall on your Linux server and want to use passive FTP connections, you have to define the passive port range in pure-ftpd and your firewall to ensure that the connections don't get blocked. The following example
How to redirect an HTTP connection to HTTPS in apache webserver
Http connections can be redirected to https with the apache mod_rewrite module, which should be available in every apache installation. Create a file with the name .htaccess in the website root directory which contains the following lines: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond
Is there a recommended Linux distribution for ISPConfig 3?
ISPconfig 3 is developed on Debian Linux, this means that Debian is the most tested Linux distribution for ISPConfig. Additionally, Debian has almost all required software packages for ISPConfig in its main repositories without the need to compile them manually