Modernbill 4.x & Windows Plesk API problem: Access is denied. (Error code 5) at Unable to connect to pipe

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

If you face this error: Access is denied. (Error code 5) at Unable to connect to pipe \\.\pipe\psapipe , the solution is very easy

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ERROR: PleskFatalException : Unable to remove hosting: SiteAppManager: Provided Client object is invalid.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

ERROR: PleskFatalException
Unable to remove hosting: SiteAppManager: Provided Client object is invalid.

Solution: you have to login to psa’s database via MysqlQuery Browser or any other client you want and then the following steps

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How to check if some one is spamming from my server (Linux Plesk 8.x)

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

If you see a lot of smtp connections or your server gets constantly in spam black lists, maybe you should check if some bot spams through your server.

The are 2 cases of spamming through a box:

1)using unsecure php forms that bots abuse
2)using smtp connection from an outside client

this artice is about the 2nd case,

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Checking if a server is under ddos attack

Monday, June 4th, 2007

A quick and usefull command for checking if a server is under ddos is:

netstat -anp |grep ‘tcp\|udp’ | awk ‘{print $5}’ | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -n

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What is a null route?

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

What is a null route?

A null route is a route that goes to nowhere.

The reason for creating a null route is to prevent your system from sending any data to a remote system.

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