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Unpacking of archive failed

by Aromal Rajagopal | Jan 21, 2010 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : Unzipping of an archive fails with the following error : Updating : gzip 1/2 Error unpacking rpm package gzip-1.3.5-11.el5.centos.1.i386 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /bin/gunzip: cpio: rename Failed: gzip.i386 0:1.3.5-11.el5.centos.1 This is...

How to resolve multiple problems due to permission issues

by Aromal Rajagopal | Dec 5, 2009 | Articles and tutorials, Technical | 0 comments

Sometimes, permissions might get screwed server wide resulting in various problems for different users. Here are some steps to reset the permissions. /scripts/checkbsdgroups — Checks and repairs proftpd ownership on FreeBSD. /scripts/chownpublichtmls —...

535 Incorrect authentication data

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

Error : 2008-08-02 11:18:23 fixed_login authenticator failed for (localhost) [127.0.0.1]:54412 I=[127.0.0.1]:25: 535 Incorrect authentication data Permissions for /etc/passwd and /etcshadow are fine. /scripts/eximup –force did not help either. Solution : There...

Changing multiple account ownerships via SSH

by Aromal Rajagopal | Nov 13, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue: How to change the ownership of multiple accounts under /home via SSH? The option in WHM is a bit tedious. Solution : To change the ownership of all accounts to the respective user.user : cd /home ls -al | grep root for i in `ls /var/cpanel/users/`; do chown...