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Failed to open directory listing — cPanel is shipped with two FTP Server PureFTP and ProFtp. PureFTP is more widely used as its more optimized for cpanel utilizing less resources. If ftp server is not properly configured with firewall users will get Failed to retrieve directory listing error and FTP client will be struck loading directory index.

FTP Failed to Retrieve Directory Listing error Fix

October 24, 2016 in cPanel Tutorials / Linux Tips tagged failed to retrieve directory / Filezilla Error / FTP configuration cpanel / FTP error / FTP Firewall / open passive port / passive port / pureftp by admin

wordpress white screen — If your wordpress site is suddenly giving blank white screen with no error then it does not mean there are no errors. Its possible your server environment in suppressing display of errors on screen or error reporting is completely disabled.

WordPress Blank white screen fix

October 21, 2016 in Linux Tips tagged debug mode / debugging / error reporting / white screen / white screen wordpress / wordpress / wordpress cpanel / wordpress error / wordpress site down by admin

Accessing server console using IPMI remotely can add considerable delay and if you reboot the server there are chances you will never see grub load and boot kernel selection screen. If you want to select different kernel or want to make changes in boot procedure for example enabling emergency mode then you cannot do it.

Centos Redhat Change Grub 2 Boot Timeout value

September 12, 2016 in Linux Tips tagged centos 7 / console / grub / grub 2 / grub timeout / set timeout grub / terminal console output / timeout by admin

If you are not able to SSH into WHM/cPanel server with root and getting password authentication failed error but are sure login details are correct then there might be problem with SSH configuration. You can confirm if root login is correct by login to WHM with same details.

Fix SSH Service using WHM cPanel autofixer script

September 10, 2016 in cPanel Tutorials / Linux Tips tagged broken shell / centos / cpanel autofix / cpanel ssh / fix shell cpanel / safe ssh / shell login / ssh / ssh restart by admin

SRV or service record is specifying service at specific Port in domain name system. Protocol like SIP require this to be setup. If you are planning to use office 365 then SRV will have to be setup at your DNS provider.

How to add SRV record using cPanel

September 8, 2016 in Uncategorized tagged _sip / _sip SRV / office 365 / office 365 cpanel / SRV cPanel / SRV Record by admin

You are trying to setup new script and suddenly getting 500 Internal Server Error on all pages. This is generic error message and no details are provided as what is the actual cause of error.

Website 500 Internal Server Error Fix

September 6, 2016 in cPanel Tutorials / Linux Tips tagged 500 / Apache 500 Internal Server Error / htaccess / internal server error / Website 500 error by admin