All Entries Tagged With: "password"
Not able to login to FTP accounts using root password
Issue :
Was able to login to all FTP accounts using the root password earlier but now it doesn’t seem to work. Where to check that?
Fix :
Go to WHM >> Main >> Service Configuration >> FTP Server Configuration.
At the bottom of the page, you’ll find an option as ‘Allow Logins with Root Password’
Make sure [...]
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Disable password reset for cPanel users
Issue :
How to restrict cPanel account users from resetting their account passwords?
Solution :
1. Create a new feature list via WHM >> Packages >> “Feature Manager”
2. Keep the ‘Change Password’ option unchecked.
3. Edit the concerned packages and assign the new feature list to them.
Now the users would not be able to reset the password [...]
Resetting MySQL password
Issue :
How to reset MySQL ‘root’ password ?
Solution :
-> Stop the mysql daemon.
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
-> Run the following commands :
mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables &
mysql -u root
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD(”newrootpassword”) where User=’root’;
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit
-> Restart the service.
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
File Manager fails to open in Win6
Issue :
File Manager failed to open in Win 6 .
Solution :
This issue is usually resolved by the following steps:
Right click My computer >> manage >> user and groups
Open the specific user >> properties >> uncheck ‘the account is disable’
Reset the user password (It will change the particular domain’s ftp password as well).
Now you [...]
WHM not sending password on creation of a new account
Issue :
When a new account is created via WHM, it sends a confirmation email but the password remains hidden!
Fix :
In order to get around this, do the following :
- Go to WHM >> Tweak Settings
- Enable the option : “Send passwords in plaintext over email when creating a new acccount. Enabling this option [...]
Webmail not working after password change
Issue :
Webmail for an email account stopped working after the password was changed. It said ‘password updated successfully’ but when trying to login again via webmail, following error occurred :
invalid username or password
Mail quota and disk space usage for the email account is fine.
Fix :
Try running the cPanel script — /scripts/fixpop
If that [...]
