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Plesk Mssql Delete database user failed: Timeout expired

Jun

17

2008

When you try to delete a domain from Plesk or delete straight the mssql database user from a plesk’s client, you may encounter the abover error: Delete database user failed: Timeout expired the workarround for this is :

ERROR: PleskFatalException : Unable to remove hosting: SiteAppManager: Provided Client object is invalid. 2

Jun

17

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

phpmyadmin export gives 0kb file

Jun

17

2008

When you use phpmyadmin provided by plesk and you try to export a large database you may encounter the problem that it will always give you to download a file 0 kb. This happens when the database is big and you need to increase some options in php.ini to make it work.

Plesk Backup Problem Unable get daemon current status: Unable to create UNIX socket /usr/local/psa/tmp/agent-runner

Nov

19

2007

In plesk (8.x) this error appear when I try to press on “Backup” button on a particular domain.”Unable get daemon current status: Unable to create UNIX socket /usr/local/psa/tmp/agent-runner.38023: Connection refused”

xinetd[#]: Deactivating service smtp due to excessive incoming connections. Restarting in 30 seconds.

Nov

15

2007

This happened to a Plesk 8.x Linux (RH) server, the problem was that smtp service was up and running, and the queue was very light , but smtp wouldn’t accept any connections at port 25 even from localhost. In the /var/log/messages I saw this disturbing message: xinetd[#]: Deactivating service smtp due to excessive incoming connections. ...

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

Nov

13

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 ...