PHP on domain running via CGI/FastCGI and sessions problem

May 7th, 2010

In CGI or FastCGI modes PHP runs with permissions of the domains FTP user.

FTP user is not allowed to write in the sessions directory. This means that customer who run php in cgi can not use sessions.

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How to upgrade phpMyAdmin in Plesk 9.x

May 7th, 2010

Parallels has a patched version of phpMyAdmin-2.11.?9.5-all-languages and script to migrate settings from phpMyAdmin-2.8.2.4 installed with Plesk.

To install phpMyAdmin 2.11.?9.5 you need to:

1. Download the archive and unpack it.

~# wget http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Autoupdate/phpmyadmin.zip
~# unzip phpMyAdmin.zip

2. Extract patched phpMyAdmin:

~# cd phpMyAdmin
~# tar -xzf phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages.tar.gz

3. Migrate settings from installed phpMyAdmin to new one:

~# cd phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages && sh ../migrate_settings.sh

4. Backup files of installed phpMyAdmin (you can remove it later):

~# mv /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin.old

5. Move files of new phpMyAdmin to Parallels Panel root directory:

~# cd ../
~# mv phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin

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How to use nginx with Plesk

May 7th, 2010

Wondering through the forum of parallels I stumbled uppon a very interesting article, its is a about a way to change Apache web server port to use a lightweight high-performance web server, such as nginx, as a front-end web server, and move Apache web server to back-end.

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Hosting companies united to aid Haiti. One industry. One goal.

January 21st, 2010

Hosting for Haiti

January 20, 2010 by Kevin Hazard, Web Hosting Evangelist in The Planet

On January 12, Haiti was rocked by a series of devastating earthquakes. In the past week, people from around the world have come together to provide supplies and support to the Haitian people and their ravaged nation. More than $24 million has been pledged via text message to the American Red Cross International Response Fund , and groups like Doctors Without Borders, Shelterbox, AmeriCares and International Medical Corps have been working around-the-clock to provide as much help as possible.

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sys-admin.gr is live on twitter!

December 17th, 2009

We are now live on twitter thanx to Twitter Tools

Joomla 1.0.x jce WYSIWYG editors show me a dark backround

December 16th, 2009

I just installed (actually re-installed) a WYSIWYG editor (jce) in a Joomla, and when I did activate it and try to check if its working by opening an article I saw 2 black/dark screens in the place of the text area, when I did Ctrl-A or mouse select I saw that the text was over there, and ofcourse the letters were not visible being black in a dark backround.
This is cause mostly by the template used in Joomla.

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