All security websites are reporting that there is a script that will allow non-root users with ssh2 access to obtain full access to the system.

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704/info
http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/02/10/2011257.shtml

All our servers were patched this morning and restarted. According to Redhat bugzilla, it only affected servers running Redhat 5. Servers on Redhat 4 were not affected.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-0600

This is considered a very severe exploit.

If you have other servers and want to check if you’re vulnerable, do the following in shell:

grep -ri vmsplice /boot/System.map-$(uname -r)

if it returns nothing = not vulnerable
if it returns something like: c048fdf7 T sys_vmsplice = vulnerable

cPanel 11 Stage 2 (currently in the most recent RELEASE build) have RoR functionality, including Rails and Gems options on cpanel.

Note: For RoR, Apache must have mod_proxy support.

How To Install Ruby on a cpanel Server

/scripts/installruby

How TO Install And Setup Gems

Ruby Gems are collections of functions that allow you to perform tasks in Ruby. You will need to install a Gem before you can use it inside a Ruby program.

Note: Current cpanel version has some bugs or issue with Gem Setup. We may sometimes need to configure Gems and Rails from command line. (more…)

One of the most common question I get is what is the difference between parked, sub and add-on domains.  I will try my best to explain it below:

Parked Domains (more…)

One of the most important things that you should do with your web hosting account is doing regular backups. Cpanel allows you to backup your data easily. Aside from your websites content, it will even backup your email boxes, databases, webstats… everything that is in your Cpanel account.
Once you have logged in, look for the icon “Backups”.  You will be presented a menu that will allow you to backup part of your website or the entire account.  The process is straightforward and we even provide a movie tutorial to help you.

How to use the Backup feature of Cpanel  (more…)

Besides the new x3 theme and many feature enhancements, Cpanel 11 comes with a “Web Disk”. It allows you to map a network drive to your website directory. You can now copy and paste as if you were working with a local folder. No more messing around with FTP programs and settings.

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