A copy of a incoming email can be sent to a second email address by adding a cc command to the "Custom Rules" field of the mailbox in ISPConfig. ISPConfig supports sieve as well as maildrop filter rules. The rule
Solve error message: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library htscanner.so
If you get the following error message in Ubuntu when you use PHP based shell scripts: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php5/20060613+lfs/htscanner.so' - /usr/lib/php5/20060613+lfs/htscanner.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown
ISPConfig 2: External mailserver setting does not work
Problem: I have set the website to external mailserver in ISPConfig but emails get still delivered to the local server. Solution: Set all co-domains of this website to external mailserver too. You find the external mailserver setting on the options
Postfix: “queue file write error”
If you get an error like: Aug 21 12:41:03 webb4 postfix/sendmail[11234]: fatal: web1_user(12967): queue file write error in your mail log, then the vale for message_size_limit in postfix main.cf is too low. Edit postfix main.cf: vi /etc/postfix/main.cf and set the
Set stricter PHP settings to secure joomla and wordpress installations
If you run a joomla or wordpress installation with mod_php, the following settings in the vhost configuration file or the "Apache directives" field in ISPConfig can be used to set stricter securitypolicys. This helps limit the impact of a possible
How to eject a CD on a MAC mini with PC keyboard and mouse
There are several options to eject a CD or DVD when the mac mini fails to boot, but most of them dont work if you do not have a mac keayboard at hand. The following options work with a PC
Configure fail2ban to use route instead of iptables to block connections
Fail2ban uses iptables by default to block incoming connections when they exceed the max. login retrys. The iptables rules used by fail2ban might conflict with the firewall rules, so it might be nescessary to reconfigure fail2ban to use the route
Webalizer stats only showing 1 or 2 days?
If webalizer statistics of your website are only showing the last 1 or two days instead of all days since the website has been created, you have to activate incremental processing in the webalizer configuration file (/etc/webalizer.conf or /etc/webalizer/webalizer.conf depending
Backup and restore mysql databases on the shell
One way to create a backup of a mysql database on the shell is to use the mysqldump command. Mysqldump creates a dump of the database in form of sql commands. Backup mysqldump -u root -p mydatabase > /tmp/backup_mydatabase.sql This
Windows starts slower after defragmenting the harddisk
If your windows installation starts slower after you defragmeted the harddisk, it might be nescessary to run the defragmentation utility on the boot files too which were normally skipped when running the defrag utility. To defragment the boot files, click