Had little trouble with the postgressql. Check the error in block letters below. root@server1 [/var/lib/pgsql]# tail -f pgstartup.log creating template1 database in /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/1 … ok initializing pg_authid … ok initializing dependencies...

Are you bombarded with the following alerts via email from your Cpanel server? interchange failed @ Thu Oct 16 21:36:01 2008. A restart was attempted automagically. Check /var/log/chkservd.log for the reasons. If you come across the following error, Interchange will...

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex a.k.a 8.10 release countdown starts. Download it today and help testing the distro. It has been doing great already on my laptop. Get it while it’s hot. ISOs and torrents are available at: https://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10 (Ubuntu)...

In my previous blog post : suPHP, mod_php and phpsuexec I told you why we use su_PHP on Cpanel servers and what are the benefits etc.Now, If you find a reason for disabling for an annoying customer on one of your servers, what you do? Simple, just add the following...

Image source: timesonline.co.uk Aravind Adiga made it to Booker Prize with his first novel. Eager to know whats in it. Following links are giving more information about Aravind, His book and Booker Prize. Aravind Adiga wins Man Booker Prize with The White Tiger The...

Unable to pop emails on your Cpanel server? Check /var/log/messages : Oct 14 22:48:51 server popa3d[13698]: Didn’t attempt authentication Oct 14 22:48:55 server popa3d(pam_unix)[13772]: check pass; user unknown Oct 14 22:48:55 server popa3d(pam_unix)[13772]:...

I was eager to take up the new work which came in my way last night and headed toward my office. Once I reached, I found that the server on which I had attempted had some issues with the quota. The error looks as follows root@server [/]# quota -s username quota:...

How do you fix the issue with a SSH server which freezes after authenticating? $ ssh [email protected] The authenticity of host ‘xx.xx.xxx.xxx (xx.xx.xxx.xxx)’ can’t be established. RSA key fingerprint is...

When you try installing some packages via yum or up2date you might come across this error. Public key for xyz.rpm is not installed To resolve this issue, you should download the GPG key and import that into your RPM database. On RHEL servers you can find the GPG key...

Unable to run yum upgrade? You might have tried upgrading your OS just like me and broken rpm packages on the server. You find the find the following error on screen when you try using yum after that mess up. # yum update python There was a problem importing one of...

I had lots of fun upgrading an old CentOS box from 3.9 to 4.6. Faced problems with udev, kernel and openssh I will try logging few issues here on my blog which might turn out to be useful for others while attempting the upgrades. UnixCraft link might give you some...

Not able to access the shell due to this error? $ ssh serve1.server1.com 5:47pm up 35 days, 16:42, 0 users, load average: 3.78, 3.23, 3.72 stdin: is not a tty Its due to mesg y line which you can find in /etc/bashrc or in ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile file. comment the line...