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 Add A DNS ZoneA DNS zone is a part of your domain name but it may contain different DNS information. For... Views: 127 |
| Add A New IP Address WebHost Manager enables you to add a new IP address at any time, along with the address's... Views: 170 |
| Add An A Entry For Your Hostname An A entry is an Address entry, and can be entered at any time for your hostnames. Do not add a... Views: 122 |
| Add Packages Packages allow you to create accounts with a preset amount of disk space, bandwidth, e-mail... Views: 115 |
| Add Reseller Accounts A reseller account will have the ability to create other accounts on your server. Accounts... Views: 128 |
| Additional Language Configuration Several of the existing scripts used by cPanel have pre-configured languages files already... Views: 95 |
| Additional MySQL Access Hosts You can add additional hosts that are able to access MySQL databases on this server. You can also... Views: 106 |
| Apache mod_userdir Tweak Apache's mod_userdir allows users to view their sites by entering a tilde (~) and their username... Views: 117 |
| Background Process Killer You can set WebHost Manager to automatically detect and kill any one of the following processes... Views: 104 |
| Basic cPanel and WHM Setup The Edit Setup area enables you to edit your server configuration settings that you created... Views: 113 |
| Branding Branding allows you to modify images within a cPanel theme so that you can add your company logo... Views: 107 |
| Change A User or Database Password You can use WebHost Manager to change the password of any MySQL user or database on your server.... Views: 112 |
| Change Account Ownership Steps Click on the Change Ownership of an account link. When the page loads you will see two... Views: 114 |
| Change Log The WebHost Manager Change Log displays the change log for the version of cPanel and WHM and WHM... Views: 111 |
| Change Multiple Site IP Addresses This function allows you to change the IP address associated with multiple accounts. You can use... Views: 121 |
| Change Ownership of Multiple Accounts You can use this function to change what reseller owns a specific account. This can be used to... Views: 109 |
| Change Root Password You should change your server root password occasionally to maximize your site security. You... Views: 105 |
| Change Site's IP Address This function allows you to change the IP address associated with a domain name. Steps To... Views: 105 |
| Change Site's IP Address This function allows you to change the IP address associated with a domain name. Steps To... Views: 108 |
| Change WHM Theme You can easily change your WHM Theme. Follow the instructions below. Steps Click on the... Views: 107 |
| Clone/Create a New Language In order to create a new language file you need to clone or copy one of the existing language... Views: 108 |
| Compilers Tweak This tweak will disable the system's c and c++ compilers for unprivileged users. Many canned... Views: 103 |
| Configuration File Rollback cPanel and WHM automatically saves a backup version of the following three files whenever they... Views: 111 |
| Configure Backup You can specify how often backups occur and where backups are placed - either on the same server... Views: 118 |
| Configure Cluster DNS Clustering allows you to keep DNS records synchronized across multiple servers. Steps To... Views: 116 |
| Copy An Account from Another Server This function allows you to copy an account from another server without that account's password.... Views: 113 |
| Copy An Account from Another Server with Account Password You can quickly transfer one account from a server running cPanel and WHM to another, if you have... Views: 112 |
| Copy Multiple Accounts from an Alab*nza Server This function allows you to copy multiple accounts from a server using Alab*nza to your server... Views: 116 |
| Copy Multiple Accounts from Another Server Assuming you are running cPanel and WHM and WHM on two servers, you can transfer multiple domains... Views: 109 |
| Create a New Account You can easily create a hosting account for any user on your server using the "Create a New... Views: 110 |
| Creating An ACL List What is an ACL List? ACL Lists allow you to save and recall a set of Feature Limits for a... Views: 110 |
| Delete A DNS Zone You can delete a DNS zone when you no longer need to that particular DNS information. Do not... Views: 110 |
| Delete a Language File If you no longer need to use a specific language file, this function allows you to remove it from... Views: 113 |
| Delete Packages If you no longer wish to offer a certain account package, you can delete it from your package... Views: 108 |
| Disable or Enable Demo Mode You can use WebHost Manager's demo mode feature to turn any account into a demo account. A demo... Views: 106 |
| Download a Language File You can download a language file for offline editing. This is most useful when you have copied an... Views: 107 |
| Download a Raw Apache Log A Raw Apache Log is a server log that details every command that the Apache server processed over... Views: 109 |
| Download a Raw FTP Log A Raw Ftp Log is a server log that details every command that the ftp server processed for a... Views: 104 |
| E-mail All Resellers Steps Click on the E-mail All Resellers link. When the page loads, you will see a four-part... Views: 109 |
| Edit a Language File You can edit the words used in any language file. You can use this to make small changes in the... Views: 106 |
| Edit An MX Entry WebHost Manager enables you to alter MX (Mail Exchange Record) Entries at any time. By altering... Views: 103 |
| Edit Packages You can alter all aspects of a package whenever you need to change the package. These changes... Views: 115 |
| Edit Privileges/Nameservers This function allows you to modify the privileges (abilities) of a reseller. You can also change... Views: 117 |
| Edit Zone Templates The Zone Template Editor will allow you to edit the default zones that are used when creating DNS... Views: 103 |
| Edit Zone Templates The Zone Template Editor will allow you to edit the default zones that are used when creating DNS... Views: 102 |
| Email All Users WebHost Manager enables you to send an email to all users on your server at any time. By default... Views: 108 |
| Enable/Disable Outlook® AutoConfig WebHost Manager can enable or disable Outlook Express® auto configuration files. These allow... Views: 113 |
| Establish A Trust Relationship With a Primary Nameserver You can establish a master/primary nameserver relationship at your server setup level. Refer to... Views: 103 |
| Feature Manager The Feature Manager enables you to control the functions that are available in your customer's... Views: 103 |
| Fix Insecure Permissions (Scripts) If you are having problems with SuExec and CGI permissions, you can use this function to fix the... Views: 101 |
| Forceful Server Reboot A Forceful Server Reboot forces the system to restart and may not always shutdown all running... Views: 103 |
| Format/Mount A New Hard-drive When adding a new hard-drive to your server, you will need to format and then mount that drive.... Views: 107 |
| Generate an SSL Certificate and Signing Request You can easily generate a SSL Certificate and Signing Request using the built-in feature in WHM... Views: 105 |
| Graceful Server Reboot A Graceful Server Reboot attempts to shutdown all processes on your server and then reboot the... Views: 109 |
| Host Access Control (block IP access) Host Access Control allows you to set up specific rules to allow or deny access to your server... Views: 123 |
| Install A Perl Module Perl modules are a collection of Perl scripts that allow you to perform one or more functions.... Views: 105 |
| Install A RPM RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) is a common way of installing software on Red Hat Linux systems.... Views: 95 |
| Install an SSL Certificate and Setup The Domain Install your SSL Certificate in seconds using the "Install a SSL Certificate and Setup the... Views: 109 |
| Install cPAddons The "Install cPAddons" feature allows you to install cPanel Addons. When the page loads you will... Views: 113 |
| Install FrontPage® Extensions FrontPage® is an extremely popular web site design tool. In order to support clients who use... Views: 109 |
| Install FrontPage® Mail Extensions Some clients may need FrontPage® mail extensions installed. This function will find all... Views: 105 |
| Install Servlets This function allows you to install Tomcat on a specific hosting account. For more information... Views: 108 |
| Interactive Knowledge Base The Interactive Knowledge Base enables you to find solutions to many common problems that you may... Views: 104 |
| IP Migration Wizard (RC2) This function allows you to migrate your server to a new set of IP addresses. However, this tool... Views: 106 |
| Limit Bandwidth Usage This function allows you to limit the bandwidth an account may use per month. You can also limit... Views: 108 |
| List Accounts The List Account function displays all of the accounts on your server. It displays a variety of... Views: 104 |
| List Parked Domains This function displays all domains that are parked on top of another domain. For more information... Views: 111 |
| List Subdomains WebHost Manager enables you to list all subdomains on your server. This function will display all... Views: 108 |
| List Suspended Accounts This function allows you to list all the accounts that have been suspended on your server. Steps... Views: 114 |
| Logging On You will need to log on in order to use WebHost Manager to manage your web server. Remember,... Views: 110 |
| Logging On For The First Time When you log on to WebHost Manager for the first time you will need to set up the basic settings... Views: 118 |
| Mail Troubleshooter The Mail Troubleshooter function enables you to send a test e-mail to a problematic address to... Views: 100 |
| Manage cPAddons You can select cPAddons for a single user on your server or you can select cPAddons for all users... Views: 110 |
| Manage IP Delegation Steps Select the user (domain_name) from the Select a Reseller drop down menu associated with... Views: 103 |
| Manage Mail Queue The Exim Mail Queue area enables you to view all waiting messages in the mail queue, and attempt... Views: 105 |
| Manage Main Shared/IPless IP Steps Select the user (domain_name) from the Select a Reseller drop down menu associated with... Views: 100 |
| Manage Nameserver IPs You will need to add an IP address for a nameserver when you create a new nameserver. Steps... Views: 120 |
| Manage Shell Access Shell Access allows an account holder to log into the web server using SSH. You can specify what... Views: 114 |
| Manage SSH Keys SSH allows secure file transfer and remote logins over the Internet. Your secure connection via... Views: 106 |
| Manage SSL Hosts WHM gives you a set of tools to share your installed SSL Certificates or managed your current... Views: 100 |
| Manage Wheel Group Users The Wheel Group is a user group that can gain access to root on your server by using the su... Views: 108 |
| Modify An Account If you need to change the attributes of an account you have already created, you can do so by... Views: 110 |
| Modify Apache Memory Usage Limit The "Modify Apache Memory Usage" feature will calculate your apache memory usage based on your... Views: 103 |
| Modify cPanel/WHM News You can display a customized version of the cPanel or WebHost Manager news, rather than use the... Views: 116 |
| Modify Hostname The Change Hostname option enables you to change the hostname of your server. It is important to... Views: 96 |
| Modify Resolver Configuration The resolver configuration file (/etc/resolv.conf) is a configuration file for name server... Views: 98 |
| Modify Suspended Account Page The Suspended Account page is the HTML page that account holders will see when they attempt to... Views: 105 |
| Modify/Upgrade Multiple Accounts This function allows you to change certain attributes of many accounts at a time. These... Views: 104 |
| Module Installers Modules, whether Perl, PHP or Ruby, installed via the WHM interface are available for all users... Views: 112 |
| mod_userdir Tweak Apache's mod_userdir allows users to view their sites by entering a tilde(~) and their username... Views: 114 |
| MySQL Root Password You should change your MySQL root password occasionally to maximize your site security. You... Views: 100 |
| Optimize EIDE Hard-drives WebHost Manager allows you to optimize EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics) drives for... Views: 106 |
| Park or Point A Domain WebHost Manager enables you to park a domain on top of another domain, which effectively points... Views: 108 |
| Password Modification You can change an account holder's password, if required. This is usually only necessary when an... Views: 111 |
| Password Strength Configuration The "Password Strength Configuration" feature allows you do define either a global minimum to the... Views: 103 |
| Perform A DNS Cleanup WebHost Manager enables you to clean up your nameserver configuration file whenever required.... Views: 105 |
| PHP open_basedir Tweak PHP's open_basedir protection prevents users from opening files outside of their home directory... Views: 121 |
| phpMyAdmin This function allows you to use phpMyAdmin to administrate your MySQL databases. For more... Views: 107 |
| Plugins The Plugins feature provides a simple management system where you can install/uninstall and setup... Views: 104 |
| Postgres Config This utility will install a Postgres authentication configuration file that uses md5 passwords... Views: 101 |
| Purchase & Install SSL Certificate cPanel has selected several SSL Certificate providers where you can purchase and install... Views: 100 |
| Quick Security Scan There are services enabled by default with your operating system that are not necessary for most... Views: 103 |
| Quota Modification The Quota Editor allows you to alter how much disk space an account is allowed. Steps To... Views: 97 |
| Rearrange Accounts WebHost Manager enables you to change the location of an account at any time. This is usually... Views: 103 |
| Rebuild RPM Database The database that keeps track of your RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) installations can become... Views: 103 |
| Rebuild The IP Address Pool Rebuilding the IP Address Pool frees up IP addresses and updates /etc/ipaddrpool. Steps To... Views: 105 |
| Remove Reseller Accounts A quick way to tell if a user has reseller privileges already added is to view the "Remove... Views: 106 |
| Repair A Database You can attempt to repair a MySQL database using WebHost Manager. This function checks each table... Views: 112 |
| Repair Mailbox Permissions This function rebuilds mail databases and fixes permission problems on mail databases and... Views: 105 |
| Reset a Mailman Password You can change the password for any Mailman mailing list on your server, usually when a user has... Views: 98 |
| Reset Local MySQL Root Password You can reset your MySQL root password using WebHost Manager. This function should only be used... Views: 109 |
| Reset Package Bandwidth WebHost Manager enables you to view a list of all accounts that have had their bandwidth limit... Views: 110 |
| Restore A Full Backup / cpmove file This feature allows you to restore full backups; cPanel backups and cPanel move files. You can... Views: 101 |
| Restore Backups You can restore all backup files that you have created using WebHost Manager. NOTE: WebHost... Views: 106 |
| Restore Multiple Backups You can restore multiple backups at one time. You can only restore multiple backups of the same... Views: 116 |
| Review Copied Accounts This function allows you to review all the accounts that have been recently copied to or from... Views: 102 |
| Scan For Trojan Horses What are Trojan Horses? According to WikiPedia, a Trojan horse is a program that unlike a virus... Views: 105 |
| Server Time The Server Time area enables you to set the time zone for your server clock. You can also... Views: 108 |
| Setup Remote Access Key A Remote Access Key is used for automatic account creation scripts, external billing software,... Views: 110 |
| Setup Remote MySQL Server Remote MySQL allows you to use a MySQL server on a different machine to hold your databases. This... Views: 97 |
| Setup/Edit Domain Forwarding WebHost Manager enables you to forward all traffic from your current domain to another domain.... Views: 117 |
| Shell Fork Bomb Protection WebHost Manager is installed with Shell Fork Bomb Protection against Telnet/SSH users using all... Views: 107 |
| Shopping Cart Reset You can refresh a shopping cart that is not resetting by itself. This command is only designed... Views: 101 |
| Show Accounts Over Quota This function allows you to list all of the accounts on your server that have exceeded their disk... Views: 108 |
| Show Active and Inactive Accounts WebHost Manager can display a summary list of active and inactive accounts at any time. Inactive... Views: 96 |
| Show Current CPU Usage This functions displays the current CPU usage divided by process. More information about each... Views: 101 |
| Show Current Disk Usage This function displays the current amount of disk space being used on each hard drive and... Views: 107 |
| Show Current Running Processes This function displays all currently running processes and their actual location on your server.... Views: 94 |
| Show IP Address Usage This function allows you to display a list of all of the IP addresses on your server and what... Views: 101 |
| Show MySQL Processes WebHost Manager can create a list of all of the currently active MySQL processes on your server,... Views: 110 |
| Show or Delete Current IP Addresses You can display a list of all of the IP addresses that are linked to your server. You can delete... Views: 102 |
| Show Reseller Accounts The Show Reseller Accounts feature creates a report of all the resellers and their associated... Views: 109 |
| Show/Edit Reserved IPs WebHost Manager enables you to reserve IP addresses so that they will not be used when... Views: 108 |
| Skeleton Directory The Skeleton Directory is the directory template that is used to create all new accounts. Any... Views: 105 |
| SMTP Tweak The SMTP tweak will prevent users from bypassing the mail server to send mail (this is a common... Views: 120 |
| SSH Password Auth Tweak Steps To access the SSH Password Auth Tweak feature, click on Security, on the main screen of... Views: 108 |
| SSL Key / Crt Manager The SSL Key/Crt Manager allows you to view and download currently available keys, certificates,... Views: 93 |
| Statistics Software Configuration The table provided in this summary shows the generator program (analog, awstats, webalizer),... Views: 98 |
| Support Center You can submit a support request to the cPanel Customer Service Team through the Support Center.... Views: 110 |
| Suspending and Un-Suspending Accounts WebHost Manager enables you to suspend problematic accounts. Suspension simply means that no web... Views: 97 |
| Synchronize DNS Records With Primary Nameserver If you have established a trust relationship with a primary nameserver, you will need to... Views: 115 |
| Synchronize FTP Passwords You need to synchronize FTP password files when you reinstall proftpd. Steps To access the... Views: 102 |
| Terminate an Account WebHost Manager enables you to quickly delete an account and all files associated with that... Views: 104 |
| Terminate Multiple Accounts This function allows you to remove multiple accounts from your server at the same time. This can... Views: 109 |
| Traceroute Tweak This tweak will disable the system's traceroute utility. Steps To access the Traceroute Tweak... Views: 110 |
| Tweak Settings You can change a large number of global settings on your server. These changes affect all users... Views: 123 |
| Un-suspend Bandwidth Exceeders All accounts that exceed their specified bandwidth maximum will receive a Bandwidth Exceeded... Views: 108 |
| Uninstall FrontPage® Extensions If FrontPage® is not working on a site or you are no longer using FrontPage® on a site,... Views: 96 |
| Universal Theme Manager What is the Universal Theme Manager? The Universal Theme Manager provides three different areas... Views: 99 |
| Update Apache You can upgrade Apache by using this interface. The options checked on your screen reflect the... Views: 110 |
| Update Config You can select which updates you would like to receive from cPanel automatically, if any. There... Views: 104 |
| Update System Software WebHost Manager provides you with the ability to update your server, system software or backend... Views: 115 |
| Upgrade / Downgrade an Account You can modify an account by upgrading or downgrading the package used for the account. This... Views: 113 |
| Upgrade to Latest Version You can upgrade to the latest version of cPanel and WHM. WebHost Manager will check for updates,... Views: 104 |
| Upload a Language File You can upload a new language file once you have finished altering a downloaded file (refer to... Views: 101 |
| View Bandwidth Usage This function allows you to view the total amount of bandwidth used on your server per month.... Views: 101 |
| View Mail Statistics The View Mail Statistics function displays a wide variety of information about e-mail on your... Views: 108 |
| View Relayers This function allows you to see who is relaying mail on your server. For more information on... Views: 102 |
| View Usage/Stats and Manage (suspend, terminate, etc) Steps Select the user (domain_name) from the Select a Reseller drop down menu associated with... Views: 92 |
| Website Maintenance Services cPanel has teamed up with Edit.com, the maintenance experts, to make it easier for you to... Views: 112 |
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