Leeching protection sets maximum number of log-ins which can occur withing a specific time limit (normally 2 hours). If this limit is exceeded then the user is detected as allowing other people to use his log-in credentials and blocked immediately.
Category: cPanel Hosting
What is Leech Protect?
Leech Protection is the great feature for cPanel shared hosting consumers, provided in cPanel version 11.30, which allows you to restrict log-ins you want to allow each user within a particular (generally 2 hour) period. Leeching takes place when multiple users try to submit their username and password multiple times, allowing other visitors to use […]
What Customization Options Does Host.co.in Provide With Firewalls?
For cPanel Shared hosting customers Host.co.in’s shared servers come with pre-installed firewall which is reliable and up to the mark when compared to industry standards. For VPS Hosting customers, no hardware firewall can be installed as the VPS server hardware is shared virtually by more than one individual, but still you can choose any software […]
How Can I Move Files From One Directory to Another Directory Using cPanel?
For a webmaster it is one of the regular tasks to shift files and folders from one directory to another. If you are a webmaster using cPanel Hosting which comes with cheap web hosting plans, then it’s an easy task to move files and folder from one directory to another. You just need to follow […]
How To Reset MySQL Password Using MySQL Command
In previous post we saw how to change MySQL password using mysqladmin command at shell prompt. But there is another way to do it by updating the MySQL database. As usernames and passwords are stored in a user table in MySQL database so you can directly change password of any user by following the below […]
How Can I Backup And Restore cPanel Account From The Command Line?
cPanel by default comes with the inbuilt scripts, which has the ability to backup or restore your cPanel account. Following are the commands given to run these scripts. Following is the command which creates the backup of a cPanel account. /scripts/pkgacct Following is the command which restores the taken backup /scripts/restorepkg Both these commands should […]
How Can I Activate Awstats In My cPanel?
‘Awstats’ is one of the most important utility in a web hosting account’s cPanel. One can analyze the website’s statistics with it. It comes as a free utility with cPanel Hosting. Many web hosting services providers provide it as a paid option with other web hosting types services like vps hosting or Dedicated Server Hosting. […]
What is E-mail Forwarder?
Email Forwarder is an important utility comes with web hosting services plans. It makes it possible to forward the copies of mails received at a particular email address to another desired email address. Most of the time you do not want to use two email Ids separately as it is a time consuming factor. For example […]
How To Install SSL On cPanel With CSR Generation
For generating certificate signing request all the cPanel shared hosting customers will not have direct access. Web Host Manager is the central control from where the CSR can be generated and installed to the issued to the client who has requested it. Follow the below mentioned steps to generate a CSR certificate Click on the […]
How to Manage SSH Keys?
SSH keys are the great utility for cPanel shared hosting clients. These SSH keys play important role while allowing a specific computer system to access your website’s information through a SSH session. Find the ‘Generate a new Key and Import Key links and follow the following the steps. Click the ‘Generate a new key icon. […]
How To Set domain.com/webmail To mail.domain.com
As free emails are provided with many web hosting packages right from cPanel shared hosting to Dedicated Server Hosting, many webmasters prefer to use their emails which are created at their own website with their own domain name, this also provides them a little bit extra security. Following is the process of redirection of ‘yourdomain.com/webmail’ […]
How To Reset The Password In WordPress?
In wp-admin for retrieving password one need to click on ‘Lost your password?’ which appears at login screen. After clicking it you will have to enter either your username or e-mail ID which is verified in wordpress database and if found then new password is forwarded to your email address which you used for registration. […]