Category: cPanel

Help! My WordPress Website has Bieber Fever!

Bieber 4ever!

“Help, my WordPress website is randomly redirecting to a Justin Bieber video!” Have no fear, citizens of Netropolis! Your website has contracted a case of Bieber Fever, but we can cure it in a few simple steps. But first…. how was Bieber Fever passed to your site? Did The Bieb bless it with his presence? …

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“mod_security plugin could not connect to the database”: How to fix

The Problem: mod_security plugin could not connect to the database Someone recently came up with the following error when trying to use the Mod Security plugin in cPanel: ‘The mod_security plugin could not connect to the database. Please verify that MySQL is running. Error: Access denied for user ‘modsec’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)’ The problem is …

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cPanel: Unable to update the quota file (.ftpquota): [Permission denied]

I ran into this error when trying to create an addon domain in cPanel. An strace showed it hung up on the path “/” before timing out and then giving the error: Unable to update the quota file (.ftpquota): [Permission denied] Something is apparently starting at / to get to .ftpquota. The best way to …

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