Plesk attempting to deliver emails locally even though email service is disabled globally.
On one plesk server I manage it does no emails except for password reset. The client has over 100 wordpress sites on this server. Password […]
Plesk: Cannot start php-fpm failed with code 78 – cannot get uid for user.
A client was trying to increase the file_size limit in php. They were getting this error message. Error: phpinimng failed: Configuration test ‘[‘/opt/plesk/php/8.2/sbin/php-fpm’, ‘–test’]’ failed […]
grep: (standard input): binary file matches
When greping a file you get this error message. grep: (standard input): binary file matches It means it is detecting binary in the file. use […]
Plesk How to dump a database from the command line
To dump a database on a plesk server from the command line without having to faff about with the password file. MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysqldump -u […]
A quick fly through systemd services (systemctl)
systemctl is-enabled SERVICE-NAME Check if a service is enabled or disabled. systemctl status SERVICE-NAME Check if a service is running, stopped, enabled, or masked, and […]
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on
When using crontab -e I get this error message. E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on To fix it run […]
Things I do on a new Debian 12 Server.
Update Apt and install a bunch of utilities I use a lot. apt update apt install vim net-tools neofetch mlocate curl rsync git cron postfix […]
Set the title bar text when you SSH to a server in Debian 12 (and others)
If you are logged into multiple servers it is quite useful to have CLEAR text in the title bar showing which server is which. In […]
Enable colours in vim for code.
Enable colours in vim for code. In your ~/.vimrc file add this line; syntax on
Install PowerDNS on Debian 12.
Ensure your server is up to date. apt update apt upgrade First install PowerDNS (This will throw some error message due to existing systemd resolver […]