March 2009 - Page 3 of 4 - InstaCarma Outsourced Web Hosting Support

Reset Admin Password for oscommerce

by Aromal Rajagopal | Mar 12, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : Lost the admin password for oscommerce??? Fix : -> cd /home/username/.htpasswords/folder(in which oscommerce is installed)/admin/passwd -> Change the password in this file

Apache error :Segment No Space left on device

by Aromal Rajagopal | Mar 11, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : While starting apache Error : Segment No space left on device. Fix : Check if there’s any disk space issue on server using “df -h” Fix that worked in this case : Empty /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log (It was 360...

Apache prompting for password twice for protected folders

by Aromal Rajagopal | Mar 7, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : Why does Apache ask for my password twice before serving a file? Fix : If the hostname under which you are accessing the server is different than the hostname specified in the ServerName directive, then depending on the setting of the UseCanonicalName...

Apache restarting every 10 minutes

by Aromal Rajagopal | Mar 6, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : You must have seen on many servers that apache gets restarted every 10 minutes. This is because cpanellogd is supposed to send a SIGUSR1 (graceful restart) to apache every 10 minutes to rotate logs (if enabled) and handle stats. Fix : This can be modified by...

FTP Upload: Time Out Error

by Aromal Rajagopal | Mar 5, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Usually Time Out Error occurs when we try to upload large files. We need to check following on our local system: 1. Try enabling “passive mode” in FTP client. 2. Check personal firewall/security settings, programs like Norton Anti-Virus to make sure that...