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Access control lists (ACLs) may be used in multi-user environments to allow granular joint access to file management without allowing access by all users on the account. ACLs can be established either by the owner of the file or account admin using Beacon. ACLs come in two forms, an active entry and default. Active are…
Overview Fortification Mode is a new feature introduced in apnscp as of May 2016. Fortification simplifies permission management for PHP-based applications, which run as a separate user from the account holder to enhance site security. Fortification mode is done within the control panel on a known application via Web > Web Apps. When disabled, fortification…
Overview Accessing free from the terminal or Reports > Server Info within the control panel reports a small sliver of total system memory as free or available. For example, below is the output from free on a 4th generation server: total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 16540796 13011700 3529096 0 135404 10609292 -/+ buffers/cache:…
Symptom tail when used on v6.5+ platforms will successfully open a file, but elicit a warning similar to: tail: unrecognized file system type 0x794c7630 for ‘error_log’. please report this to bug-coreutils@gnu.org. reverting to polling Cause Older versions of tail, such as shipped with RHEL7.2, do not ship with a version of coreutils that properly detects…
Overview Apis Networks utilizes a unique platform that consists of multiple security subsystems and user roles to yield optimal throughput and keep your account secure. This article will explain how account partitioning works. Filesystem Layers Every account is comprised of several layers of files. These layers are read-only and provide a basic environment for services…
Overview This is a general document on what happens when an account is compromised, how it is compromised, and policies pertaining to resolving an account flagged for sending spam. How does an account get compromised? Accounts are compromised through a variety of clever engineering tactics. Just as personal software has become more powerful and smarter…
Overview A home directory, cited very often in our knowledgebase, is the location in which all files for a particular user are stored. A home directory is located in /home and named after the user. For example, if your username is “steve“, then a home directory for steve is /home/steve. If a user is named…
Overview Some time during your stay with us, you may want to migrate to a newer, more powerful, and capable server. We periodically release major hosting platforms built off the latest Redhat Enterprise Linux releases. You may do so at any time within the control panel by opening a ticket under Help > Trouble Tickets. Migrations are 100% free,…
Overview Your server name is the server on which you are hosted. Your server name can be ascertained in a few different ways: Visit Server Lookup. Enter your domain name. In rare situations, a domain may exist on more than 1 server during a server migration in process. See alternative solutions below: Login to the…
Hosting platform may be located within the control panel under Account > Summary > Development > Platform Version. Different hosting platforms use, relatively, slightly different architecture and hardware. Release Announcements Certain platforms come with release announcements providing an overview of features. Platforms prior to 4, introduced with the data center migration from Texas to Atlanta in 2007, were unremarkable and consequently, not…