cp -dpr x y

That’s it!

Type the following command to expand a compressed file
gunzip filename.ext.gz -> The filename.ext.gz is deleted and replaced with filename.ext

Type the following command to compress multiple files at a shell prompt
gzip filename.gz file1 file2 file3 -> will compress file1, file2, file3 and put them in filename.gzip.

Zip
Type the following command to compress a file at a shell prompt
zip -r filename.zip files -> filename represents the file you are creating and files represents the files you want to put in the new file

Type the following command to expand a compressed file
unzip filename.zip

Type the following command to compress multiple files at a shell prompt
zip filename.zip file1 file2 file3 -> will compress file1, file2, file3 and put them in filename.zip

If you add directory to multiple files
zip filename.zip file1 file2 file3 /user/work/school -> will compress file1, file2, file3, the contents of the /user/work/school directory and put them in filename.zip

Open /etc/passwd with VI :
#vi /etc/passwd

Find username that you want to change its default home directory, press i (for insert in VI) then retype a new home directory. DO NOT CHANGE OTHER INFORMATION, just home directory (e.g /home/username/). Then press wq! (for write and quit in VI)

You can set a home directory when you created user by adding -d to useradd , e.g useradd -d

I was googling and found a presentation file from one of cPanel Staff. He said that cPanel 11 has Branding feature where you can modify skin on cPanel enviroment. I thought this is great, I don’t bother to compress and upload a modified file.

Here is a way how to modify cPanel Skin
1. Log into cPanel Main (Reseller) Account. Make sure you have a branding editor. Please use CPanel Main Account, not WHM, because i had tried and it will bring you cPanel enviroment when you choose a branding editor in WHM (Themes on Left Panel). Editing on cPanel Main Account will effect entire domains
2. You’ll see installed styles. You can choose which style you want, just checked enabled/disabled.
3. Choose one style to Apply to My Account (this will apply to your account only), Apply to All Accounts (this will apply to entire account on your server), Set as Default for New Accounts (this will apply to every new account created on the server)
6. Choose Edit this Style
7. Choose Edit HTML Pages > Choose Entry Page, index.html > Click Edit
8. Find line no 160 and delete apache, php, mysql, kernel and ip infos.
9. Click Save. You’re Done

You can do this on other styles too

Note :
The server we are transferring the accounts from : OLD SERVER
The server to are transferring the accounts to : NEW SERVER

PROCESS ON NEW SERVER
1. Log into WHM. If your server is new, create a main account. The main account also setup as nameservers. Or if your server isn’t new, you can create or use another account on your NEW SERVER. The account will be used to accept backup file from OLD SERVER. Remember : address (a domain name or an ip address), NEW SERVER’s account and password will be used as a container for OLD SERVER’s backup file.

PROCESS ON OLD SERVER :
1. Log into cPanel account. If you don’t know your clients login (if you move entire server with some accounts belongs to clients), use a client username and your master password. Choose Admin Layer
2. Choose Backup (Do not choose Backup Wizard). Then choose Genereate/Download A Full Backup
3. Select the backup destination to be Remote FTP Server.
4. Enter you email address for verification. If you transferred your client, make sure to enter your own email address, not your client.
5. Enter this :
Remote Server : NEW SERVER’s address (you can use a domain name or an ip address)
Remote User : NEW SERVER’s account (you can use NEW SERVER’s main account. This was explain in PROCESS ON NEW SERVER STEP NO. 1)
Remote Password : NEW SERVER’s account password
PORT : 21
6. That would be enough. Click Generate Backup. This may take some time to backup the files, depending on how large the account is. You should receive an email provided in the above info once it’s complete.

AFTER YOU GET OLD SERVER’s Backup File on NEW SERVER
1. Log into SSH on your NEW SERVER
2. type this :
cd /home/account_name
note : account_name is the name of the account used to backup OLD SERVER’s account files

ls
Running the list command will make you see the tar file of the account on the OLD SERVER.
3. Move the tar file to your NEW SERVER’s /home directory with the following command :
mv tar_file_name /home
4. Log into NEW SERVER’s WHM and go to Backup and choose Restore a Full Backup/cpmove file. You should see the OLD SERVER’s file with old account’s username under Possible cpmove archives found.
5. Type in the account name ( I suggested that you should use same account name with old account) in the text field in WHM (Enter the username for the account you wish to restore)
6. Click Restore

Additional information : After transfer completed, check out a package on an account. Make sure you setup the right package used by the account.
Warning : Use Steps above one by one, meaning that you should restore an account at once, not multiple files at once. When you reach step no 2 in AFTER YOU GET OLD SERVER’s Backup File on NEW SERVER, move only one file to /home directory or you can make cpanel confused.

Log in to tumblr, open Settings inside Account drop down menu. Choose ‘use a custom domain name’ and type a domain name or a subdomain name. Save our new settings. We may need to wait up to 72 hours or less for the change to take effect.

The solution hide a warning, getaddrinfo domain_name error: hostname nor servname provided, or not known in ProFTPD.

1. Log into WHM
2. Go to Apache Update in Software Category
3. Click Load Previous Config, uncheck previous php version and check the new php version. Same with mysql
4. Press Start Build

Note : some components also provided, such as xml-rpc, not just php and mysql. So read through options available in Apache Update, before Start Build

Check ‘root’ user crontab
crontab -l

output : 7 4 * * * /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/statistics >/dev/null 2>&1

Check cron logs for records about the statistic utility executions
vi /var/log/cron

Check apache logs size. Make sure no bigger than 2GB.

Check database directories (mysql : /var/lib/mysql) have read/write permissions to ‘mysql’ user

If every conditions above fit with your settings, then we must Run :
/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/statistics (for all sites in one server)

or

usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/statistics ?calculate-one ?domain-name=domain.com (only for one specific domain)