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The file that actually handles WHM > DNS Functions > Nameserver IPs area is at /var/cpanel/nameserverips.yaml location.

If you want this to be changed, you’d want to make a backup of that file first and then modify it:

cd /var/cpanel
cp nameserverips.yaml nameserverips.yaml.bak110112
vi nameserverips.yaml

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Need to test the read and write speed of your VPS , checking your I/O speed ?

try this :

dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=512 oflag=dsync

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Video games don’t affect kids. If Pacman had affected us as kids , we’d all be running around in darkened rooms , munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music! [...]

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If you are new to linux you probably will wonder how to change the hostname of your computer or server. (A hostname is the unique name by which a network attached device is known on a network.) If you enter the wrong hostname during the installation, and you need to change the hostname, here is the solution:-

• Edit file /etc/sysconfig/network using your favourite editor. In my case is nano. So i’ll enter  nano /etc/sysconfig/network
• Look for HOSTNAME=xxxxxx
• Change the xxxx to the name you wish to set for your computer. (ex: HOSTNAME=wiredgorilla.com)
• Save the file and restart the xinetd service. (ex: type service xinetd restart in your shell)
• Done! You have just changed your hostname in Linux platform

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This is  a step-by-step guide to Install, Jailbreak and unlock iPhone 4.3.3. You may choose to jailbreak iPod Touch, iPad with the same method except leaving the options that are only available to locked iPhones. You should jailbreak factory unlocked iPhone with Redsn0w

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Plesk Login prompt Issue

A strange login prompt is presented when trying to view a website on a windows plesk account , even though the website directory is not password protected.

The Fix:
This issue results from the anonymous account password used to deliver the site to public web viewers , getting out of sync with the main account password. To fix, just re sync anonymous password by issuing the following command in the run dialog:

"%plesk_bin%\websrvmng.exe " --update-anon-password --domain-name=yourdomain.com

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When running a ‘yum update’ under CentOS, there are certain packages you may be running which you wish to remain static, or which can potentially cause errors with the update eg. Samba.

In these situations it is useful to force yum to exclude certain packages from being updated under CentOS.

Yum uses a configuration file located at <strong>/etc/yum/yum.conf or /etc/yum.conf

If you wish to exclude packages you need to define a list for exclusion from updates or installs. This should be a space separated list. (Shell globs using wildcards * and ?) are allowed).
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If rpm / yum command hangs during operations or you see error messages – it means your rpm database corrupted. /var/lib/rpm/ stores rpm database just delete the same and rebuild rpm database:

Command to rebuild rpm database

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb -v -v

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Forcing the restore of a transfered cPanel account , even if the new system says the username is all ready in use

/scripts/restorepkg –force –skipres <account.tar.gz>

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When installing the CSF  firewall on your CentOS server, you need to make sure that you have libwww-perl installed

This is easily done by installed it with yum on CentOS 5

yum install perl-libwww-perl

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