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Add A DNS Zone
A DNS zone is a part of your domain name but it may contain different DNS information. For...
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Add A New IP Address
WebHost Manager enables you to add a new IP address at any time, along with the address's...
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Add An A Entry For Your Hostname
An A entry is an Address entry, and can be entered at any time for your hostnames. Do...
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Add Packages
Packages allow you to create accounts with a preset amount of disk space, bandwidth, e-mail...
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Add Reseller Accounts
A reseller account will have the ability to create other accounts on your server. Accounts...
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Additional Language Configuration
Several of the existing scripts used by cPanel have pre-configured languages files already...
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Additional MySQL Access Hosts
You can add additional hosts that are able to access MySQL databases on this server. You can also...
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Apache mod_userdir Tweak
Apache's mod_userdir allows users to view their sites by entering a tilde (~) and their username...
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Background Process Killer
You can set WebHost Manager to automatically detect and kill any one of the following processes...
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Basic cPanel and WHM Setup
The Edit Setup area enables you to edit your server configuration settings that you created...
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Branding
Branding allows you to modify images within a cPanel theme so that you can add your...
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Change A User or Database Password
You can use WebHost Manager to change the password of any MySQL user or database on your server....
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Change Account Ownership
Steps Click on the Change Ownership of an account link. When the page loads you will see two...
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Change Log
The WebHost Manager Change Log displays the change log for the version of cPanel and WHM and WHM...
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Change Multiple Site IP Addresses
This function allows you to change the IP address associated with multiple accounts. You can use...
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Change Ownership of Multiple Accounts
You can use this function to change what reseller owns a specific account. This can be used to...
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Change Root Password
You should change your server root password occasionally to maximize your site security....
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Change Site's IP Address
This function allows you to change the IP address associated with a domain name. Steps To...
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Change WHM Theme
You can easily change your WHM Theme. Follow the instructions below. Steps Click on the...
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Clone/Create a New Language
In order to create a new language file you need to clone or copy one of the existing...
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Compilers Tweak
This tweak will disable the system's c and c++ compilers for unprivileged users. Many...
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Configuration File Rollback
cPanel and WHM automatically saves a backup version of the following three files whenever...
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Configure Backup
You can specify how often backups occur and where backups are placed - either on the same server...
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Configure Cluster
DNS Clustering allows you to keep DNS records synchronized across multiple servers....
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Copy An Account from Another Server
This function allows you to copy an account from another server without that account's password....
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Copy An Account from Another Server with Account Password
You can quickly transfer one account from a server running cPanel and WHM to another, if...
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Copy Multiple Accounts from an Alab*nza Server
This function allows you to copy multiple accounts from a server using Alab*nza to your server...
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Copy Multiple Accounts from Another Server
Assuming you are running cPanel and WHM and WHM on two servers, you can transfer multiple...
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Create a New Account
You can easily create a hosting account for any user on your server using the "Create a New...
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Creating An ACL List
What is an ACL List? ACL Lists allow you to save and recall a set of Feature Limits for a...
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Delete A DNS Zone
You can delete a DNS zone when you no longer need to that particular DNS information. Do not...
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Delete a Language File
If you no longer need to use a specific language file, this function allows you to remove it from...
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Delete Packages
If you no longer wish to offer a certain account package, you can delete it from your package...
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Disable or Enable Demo Mode
You can use WebHost Manager's demo mode feature to turn any account into a demo account. A demo...
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Download a Language File
You can download a language file for offline editing. This is most useful when you have copied an...
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Download a Raw Apache Log
A Raw Apache Log is a server log that details every command that the Apache server processed over...
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Download a Raw FTP Log
A Raw Ftp Log is a server log that details every command that the ftp server processed for a...
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E-mail All Resellers
Steps Click on the E-mail All Resellers link. When the page loads, you will see a four-part...
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Edit a Language File
You can edit the words used in any language file. You can use this to make small changes in the...
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Edit An MX Entry
WebHost Manager enables you to alter MX (Mail Exchange Record) Entries at any time. By altering...
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Edit Packages
You can alter all aspects of a package whenever you need to change the package. These changes...
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Edit Privileges/Nameservers
This function allows you to modify the privileges (abilities) of a reseller. You can also change...
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Edit Zone Templates
The Zone Template Editor will allow you to edit the default zones that are used when creating DNS...
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Edit Zone Templates
The Zone Template Editor will allow you to edit the default zones that are used when...
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Email All Users
WebHost Manager enables you to send an email to all users on your server at any time. By default...
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Enable/Disable Outlook® AutoConfig
WebHost Manager can enable or disable Outlook Express® auto configuration files....
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Establish A Trust Relationship With a Primary Nameserver
You can establish a master/primary nameserver relationship at your server setup level. Refer to...
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Feature Manager
The Feature Manager enables you to control the functions that are available in your customer's...
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Fix Insecure Permissions (Scripts)
If you are having problems with SuExec and CGI permissions, you can use this function to fix the...
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Forceful Server Reboot
A Forceful Server Reboot forces the system to restart and may not always shutdown all running...
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Format/Mount A New Hard-drive
When adding a new hard-drive to your server, you will need to format and then mount that...
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Generate an SSL Certificate and Signing Request
You can easily generate a SSL Certificate and Signing Request using the built-in feature in WHM...
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Graceful Server Reboot
A Graceful Server Reboot attempts to shutdown all processes on your server and then...
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Host Access Control (block IP access)
Host Access Control allows you to set up specific rules to allow or deny access to your server...
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Install A Perl Module
Perl modules are a collection of Perl scripts that allow you to perform one or more functions....
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Install A RPM
RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) is a common way of installing software on Red Hat Linux systems....
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Install an SSL Certificate and Setup The Domain
Install your SSL Certificate in seconds using the "Install a SSL Certificate and Setup the...
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Install cPAddons
The "Install cPAddons" feature allows you to install cPanel Addons. When the page loads you will...
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Install FrontPage® Extensions
FrontPage® is an extremely popular web site design tool. In order to support clients who use...
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Install FrontPage® Mail Extensions
Some clients may need FrontPage® mail extensions installed. This function will find...
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Install Servlets
This function allows you to install Tomcat on a specific hosting account. For more...
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Interactive Knowledge Base
The Interactive Knowledge Base enables you to find solutions to many common problems that you may...
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IP Migration Wizard (RC2)
This function allows you to migrate your server to a new set of IP addresses. However, this tool...
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Limit Bandwidth Usage
This function allows you to limit the bandwidth an account may use per month. You can also limit...
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List Accounts
The List Account function displays all of the accounts on your server. It displays a variety of...
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List Parked Domains
This function displays all domains that are parked on top of another domain. For more...
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List Subdomains
WebHost Manager enables you to list all subdomains on your server. This function will display all...
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List Suspended Accounts
This function allows you to list all the accounts that have been suspended on your server. Steps...
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Logging On
You will need to log on in order to use WebHost Manager to manage your web server. Remember,...
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Logging On For The First Time
When you log on to WebHost Manager for the first time you will need to set up the basic...
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Mail Troubleshooter
The Mail Troubleshooter function enables you to send a test e-mail to a problematic...
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Manage cPAddons
You can select cPAddons for a single user on your server or you can select cPAddons for...
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Manage IP Delegation
Steps Select the user (domain_name) from the Select a Reseller drop down menu...
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Manage Mail Queue
The Exim Mail Queue area enables you to view all waiting messages in the mail queue, and attempt...
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Manage Main Shared/IPless IP
Steps Select the user (domain_name) from the Select a Reseller drop down menu...
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Manage Nameserver IPs
You will need to add an IP address for a nameserver when you create a new nameserver. Steps...
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Manage Shell Access
Shell Access allows an account holder to log into the web server using SSH. You can specify what...
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Manage SSH Keys
SSH allows secure file transfer and remote logins over the Internet. Your secure connection via...
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Manage SSL Hosts
WHM gives you a set of tools to share your installed SSL Certificates or managed your current...
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Manage Wheel Group Users
The Wheel Group is a user group that can gain access to root on your server by using the su...
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Modify An Account
If you need to change the attributes of an account you have already created, you can do...
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Modify Apache Memory Usage Limit
The "Modify Apache Memory Usage" feature will calculate your apache memory usage based on your...
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Modify cPanel/WHM News
You can display a customized version of the cPanel or WebHost Manager news, rather than use the...
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Modify Hostname
The Change Hostname option enables you to change the hostname of your server. It is important to...
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Modify Resolver Configuration
The resolver configuration file (/etc/resolv.conf) is a configuration file for name server...
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Modify Suspended Account Page
The Suspended Account page is the HTML page that account holders will see when they attempt to...
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Modify/Upgrade Multiple Accounts
This function allows you to change certain attributes of many accounts at a time. These...
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Module Installers
Modules, whether Perl, PHP or Ruby, installed via the WHM interface are available for all users...
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mod_userdir Tweak
Apache's mod_userdir allows users to view their sites by entering a tilde(~) and their username...
Views: 116
MySQL Root Password
You should change your MySQL root password occasionally to maximize your site security. You...
Views: 135
Optimize EIDE Hard-drives
WebHost Manager allows you to optimize EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics) drives for...
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Park or Point A Domain
WebHost Manager enables you to park a domain on top of another domain, which effectively...
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Password Modification
You can change an account holder's password, if required. This is usually only necessary when an...
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Password Strength Configuration
The "Password Strength Configuration" feature allows you do define either a global minimum to the...
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Perform A DNS Cleanup
WebHost Manager enables you to clean up your nameserver configuration file whenever required....
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PHP open_basedir Tweak
PHP's open_basedir protection prevents users from opening files outside of their home directory...
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phpMyAdmin
This function allows you to use phpMyAdmin to administrate your MySQL databases. For more...
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Plugins
The Plugins feature provides a simple management system where you can install/uninstall and setup...
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Postgres Config
This utility will install a Postgres authentication configuration file that uses md5 passwords...
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Purchase & Install SSL Certificate
cPanel has selected several SSL Certificate providers where you can purchase and install...
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Quick Security Scan
There are services enabled by default with your operating system that are not necessary for most...
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Quota Modification
The Quota Editor allows you to alter how much disk space an account is allowed. Steps To...
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Rearrange Accounts
WebHost Manager enables you to change the location of an account at any time. This is usually...
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Rebuild RPM Database
The database that keeps track of your RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) installations can become...
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Rebuild The IP Address Pool
Rebuilding the IP Address Pool frees up IP addresses and updates /etc/ipaddrpool. Steps To...
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Remove Reseller Accounts
A quick way to tell if a user has reseller privileges already added is to view the "Remove...
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Repair A Database
You can attempt to repair a MySQL database using WebHost Manager. This function checks each table...
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Repair Mailbox Permissions
This function rebuilds mail databases and fixes permission problems on mail databases and...
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Reset a Mailman Password
You can change the password for any Mailman mailing list on your server, usually when a user has...
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Reset Local MySQL Root Password
You can reset your MySQL root password using WebHost Manager. This function should only be used...
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Reset Package Bandwidth
WebHost Manager enables you to view a list of all accounts that have had their bandwidth limit...
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Restore A Full Backup / cpmove file
This feature allows you to restore full backups; cPanel backups and cPanel move files. You can...
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Restore Backups
You can restore all backup files that you have created using WebHost Manager. NOTE: WebHost...
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Restore Multiple Backups
You can restore multiple backups at one time. You can only restore multiple backups of the same...
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Review Copied Accounts
This function allows you to review all the accounts that have been recently copied to or from...
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Scan For Trojan Horses
What are Trojan Horses? According to WikiPedia, a Trojan horse is a program that unlike a...
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Server Time
The Server Time area enables you to set the time zone for your server clock. You can also...
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Setup Remote Access Key
A Remote Access Key is used for automatic account creation scripts, external billing software,...
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Setup Remote MySQL Server
Remote MySQL allows you to use a MySQL server on a different machine to hold your databases. This...
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Setup/Edit Domain Forwarding
WebHost Manager enables you to forward all traffic from your current domain to another domain....
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Shell Fork Bomb Protection
WebHost Manager is installed with Shell Fork Bomb Protection against Telnet/SSH users using all...
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Shopping Cart Reset
You can refresh a shopping cart that is not resetting by itself. This command is only designed...
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Show Accounts Over Quota
This function allows you to list all of the accounts on your server that have exceeded...
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Show Active and Inactive Accounts
WebHost Manager can display a summary list of active and inactive accounts at any time. Inactive...
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Show Current CPU Usage
This functions displays the current CPU usage divided by process. More information about each...
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Show Current Disk Usage
This function displays the current amount of disk space being used on each hard drive and...
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Show Current Running Processes
This function displays all currently running processes and their actual location on your server....
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Show IP Address Usage
This function allows you to display a list of all of the IP addresses on your server and...
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Show MySQL Processes
WebHost Manager can create a list of all of the currently active MySQL processes on your server,...
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Show or Delete Current IP Addresses
You can display a list of all of the IP addresses that are linked to your server. You can delete...
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Show Reseller Accounts
The Show Reseller Accounts feature creates a report of all the resellers and their associated...
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Show/Edit Reserved IPs
WebHost Manager enables you to reserve IP addresses so that they will not be used when...
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Skeleton Directory
The Skeleton Directory is the directory template that is used to create all new accounts. Any...
Views: 116
SMTP Tweak
The SMTP tweak will prevent users from bypassing the mail server to send mail (this is a common...
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SSL Key / Crt Manager
The SSL Key/Crt Manager allows you to view and download currently available keys,...
Views: 96
Statistics Software Configuration
The table provided in this summary shows the generator program (analog, awstats, webalizer),...
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Support Center
You can submit a support request to the cPanel Customer Service Team through the Support Center....
Views: 127
Suspending and Un-Suspending Accounts
WebHost Manager enables you to suspend problematic accounts. Suspension simply means that...
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Synchronize DNS Records With Primary Nameserver
If you have established a trust relationship with a primary nameserver, you will need to...
Views: 132
Synchronize FTP Passwords
You need to synchronize FTP password files when you reinstall proftpd. Steps To access the...
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Terminate an Account
WebHost Manager enables you to quickly delete an account and all files associated with that...
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Terminate Multiple Accounts
This function allows you to remove multiple accounts from your server at the same time. This can...
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Traceroute Tweak
This tweak will disable the system's traceroute utility. Steps To access the Traceroute Tweak...
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Tweak Settings
You can change a large number of global settings on your server. These changes affect all users...
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Un-suspend Bandwidth Exceeders
All accounts that exceed their specified bandwidth maximum will receive a Bandwidth Exceeded...
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Uninstall FrontPage® Extensions
If FrontPage® is not working on a site or you are no longer using FrontPage® on a site,...
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Universal Theme Manager
What is the Universal Theme Manager? The Universal Theme Manager provides three different areas...
Views: 118
Update Apache
You can upgrade Apache by using this interface. The options checked on your screen reflect the...
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Update Config
You can select which updates you would like to receive from cPanel automatically, if any. There...
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Update System Software
WebHost Manager provides you with the ability to update your server, system software or...
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Upgrade / Downgrade an Account
You can modify an account by upgrading or downgrading the package used for the account. This...
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Upgrade to Latest Version
You can upgrade to the latest version of cPanel and WHM. WebHost Manager will check for updates,...
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Upload a Language File
You can upload a new language file once you have finished altering a downloaded file (refer to...
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View Bandwidth Usage
This function allows you to view the total amount of bandwidth used on your server per month....
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View Mail Statistics
The View Mail Statistics function displays a wide variety of information about e-mail on your...
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View Relayers
This function allows you to see who is relaying mail on your server. For more information on...
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View Usage/Stats and Manage (suspend, terminate, etc)
Steps Select the user (domain_name) from the Select a Reseller drop down menu associated with...
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Website Maintenance Services
cPanel has teamed up with Edit.com, the maintenance experts, to make it easier for you to...
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