442 results for «cPanel» (page 31 of 45)
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An abandoned plugin or an old PHP version: how to spot the risks on your site
The short answer: most hacked sites were not caught by a clever attack, but by an old part with a known flaw: a plugin its author stopped updating, a forgotten…
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Sending e-mail from PHP: mail() or SMTP
Use SMTP with a real mailbox on your domain. The mail() function is fine for a quick test, but it returns “sent” only because the local mail program accepted the…
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Password protecting a folder with Directory Privacy
To make sure only people with a username and password can open a folder of the site (a private area, a test site, a folder of files for a customer),…
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I deleted a file or folder by mistake: how to get it back from a backup
If you deleted a file or a folder, getting it back is almost always quick and does not need a restore of the whole account. First look in the File…
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Hosting words for beginners: the terms on your invoice and in your panel
The first invoice and the first panel come full of abbreviations nobody explained. You do not need to memorise them: you need to know enough to understand what you are…
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Reaching MySQL or PostgreSQL through an SSH tunnel, step by step
The database ports (3306 for MySQL, 5432 for PostgreSQL) are not open from outside. An SSH tunnel solves that: it opens a port on your computer that leads, inside SSH,…
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Restoring a single e-mail account or folder
To put deleted messages back, open JetBackup (cPanel, Files section), choose the copy from a date before the deletion and restore only the e-mail folder concerned, not the whole account.…
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Automatic file transfers: scheduled SFTP and rsync from a script
To send or fetch files every night without opening FileZilla, use a cron job that runs the sftp command with an instruction file, or rsync over SSH. Both need key…
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npm, yarn or pnpm: which to use, and why you keep only one lockfile
npm, yarn and pnpm do the same job: they install the libraries your project needs. The short answer: use the package manager the project was created with, and only that…
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Giving a developer access to your site without handing over your password
You do not need to give the password of your account to whoever builds your site. There are smaller accesses that are enough for the job, that you can switch…





