The scripts directory

cPanel and WHM has a large number of predefined scripts available in the /scripts folder. The available scripts are as follows:

 

• adddns - Adds a DNS zone.

• addfpmail - Add frontpage mail extensions to all domains without them.

• addfpmail2 -Add frontpage mail extensions to all domains without them.

• addnetmaskips - Add the netmask 255.255.255.0 to all IPs that have no netmask.




• addnobodygrp - Adds the group nobody and activates security.

• addpop - Add a Pop Account.

• addservlets - Add JSP support to an account (requires tomcat).

• addstatus - (Internal use never called by user).

• adduser - Add a user to the system.

• admin - Run WHM Lite.




• apachelimits - Add rlimits to Apache.

• bandwidth - (OLD)

• betaexim - Installs the latest version of exim.

• biglogcheck - looks for logs nearing 2 gigabytes in size

• bitstest -

• bsdcryptoinstall - Installs crypto on FreeBSD.




• bsdldconfig - Configures the proper lib directories in FreeBSD.

• bsdpkgpingtest - Tests the connection speed for downloading FreeBSD packages.

• buildbsdexpect - Install expect on FreeBSD.

• builddomainaddr - (OLD)

• buildeximconf - Rebuilds exim.conf.

• buildpostgrebsd-dev - Installs postgresql on FreeBSD.




• buildpureftproot -  

• bupcp - (OLD)

• chcpass - (Internal use)

• checkallowoverride -

• checkbadconf - Checks /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf for bad users.

• checkbashshell -




• checkbsdgroups - Checks and repairs proftpd ownership on FreeBSD.

• checkccompiler - Checks to make sure the C compiler works on your system.

• checkdeadperlso -

• checkerrorlogsafe -

• checkfpkey - Checks for the FrontPage suid key

• checkgd - Checks to see if GD is built.




• checkgentoousers -

• checkhttpd -

• checkinterchange - (Internal use).

• checklibssl - Checks to make sure the proper libssl symlinks exist.

• checklink -

• checklog - (OLD)




• checkmakeconf -

• checkmaxclients - Checks to see if apache has reached the maximum clients allowed.

• checkoldperl -  Checks to see if the version of Perl on your system is old.

• checkoldrpm -

• checkrsync - Checks to make sure rsync is up to date.

• checksuexecpatch - Checks to see if mailman has been patched for suexec.




• checksuspendpages - Checks to see if suspend pages are properly named.

• checkswup - (OLD)

• checkup2date - Makes sure up2date is set up properly (RedHat)

• checkyum - Makes sure yum is set up properly.

• chkpaths - Makes sure /usr/sbin/chown has a symlink to /bin/chown

• chownpublichtmls - Change ownership of all users web space to them, which is useful for converting to suexec. Files owned by nobody are deleted.




• chpass - Change password.

• ckillall - Allows you to kill a process (used like killall).

• ckillall2 - Allows you to kill a process.

• cleanandmailformmaillog -

• cleanbw - Cleans up old bandwidth logs.

• cleandns - (OLD)




• cleandns8 - Clean up named.conf.

• cleangd - Cleans up old GD installs and reinstalls GD

• cleanmd5 - Fix CPAN md5 problems.

• cleanmsglog - cleans exim's msglog

• cleanopenwebmail - (OLD)

• cleanupcheck -




• cleanupmysqlprivs - Cleans up improper mySQL privileges.

• compilers - Disables the usage of compilers for unprivileged users.

• configips - (OLD)

• *.cgi - (INTERNAL)

• *.c - (INTERNAL)

• convert2maildir - Converts mail from mbox to maildir format and installs courier impap and pop (cpimap is removed).




• convertemails -

• convertemails2 - (INTERNAL)

• convertemails5 - (INTERNAL)

• courierup - Updates/Installs Courier

• cpanelsync -

• cpbackup - Runs backups.




• cpbackup2 - (INTERNAL)

• cptheme - (NOT USED)

• dialog* - (NOT USED)

• distupgrade - Upgrades RedHat to the newest version (for testing only)

• dnscluster - Enables DNS clustering.

• dnsqueuecron - Adds a cron job to dump the DNS queue.




• dns_setup - (OLD)

• dnstransfer - Only if the server has a DNS master (sync with DNS master).

• doomhttpd -

• dotbuffer - (INTERNAL)

• downgradefp - Downgrades FrontPage Extensions (to 5.0-0)

• dropmysqldb - Drops a mySQL database.




• easyapache - Upgrade Apache

• editquota - Change a users quota.

• enablechkservdwebmail - Enable service checking of webmaild.

• enablefileprotect - Protects home directories if file protection is built in apache.

• ensurepkg - Installs a FreeBSD package.

• ensurerpm - Installs a rpm.




• ensurerpm2 - (INTERNAL)

• exchangeacctdb - (OLD)

• exim3 - Installs exim 3.

• exim4 - Installs exim 4.

• exim4-rh73test - Installs exim release #260. (RedHat only)

• eximcron - Creates a cron job for exim_tidy_db.




• eximlocalsend - Enables/Disables exim local sending.

• exim_tidydb - Cleans the exim message log.

• eximup - Installs/Updates exim.

• eximup~ - (INTERNAL)

• expectperlinstaller - (INTERNAL)

• fetchfile - (INTERNAL)




• fetchfpexec -

• fetchgd - Includes libg.so.

• finddev - (INTERNAL)

• findhacks - Search for common Trojan Horses.

• findoddrootprocesses - Lists root processes that may need to be checked out.

• findphpversion - Check to see if your php version file is up to date.




• findtrojans - Exhaustive Trojan Horse search.

• fixadmin - (OLD)

• fixallcartswithsuexec - Fixes permissions on carts when using suexec.

• fixallinterchangeperm - Fixes permissions on all users' Interchange Shopping Carts.

• fixbinpath - Makes sure all bin file paths are correct.

• fixbuggynamed - Updates bind to solve any problems with bugs.




• fixcartwithsuexec - (INTERNAL) - Can be used to fix a cart with suexec.

• fixcgiwrap - (OLD)

• fixcommonproblems - Attempt to fix the most common problems.

• fixetchosts - Fixes problems with /etc/hosts

• fixeverything - Fix common problems and quotas.

• fixfpwml - Fix for .wml errors with frontpage.




• fixheaders - Run if nothing compiles errors with .h files on compile.

• fixhome - (NOT USED) - Unsymlink items.

• fixinterchange - Reinstall interchange Perl modules.

• fixinterchangeperm - fix permissions on a user's interchange cart.

• fixipsnm - Same as addnetmask ips, but Perl though.

• fixlibnet - Reinstall Bundle::libnet (Perl).




• fixlocalhostwithphp - Change /etc/hosts to work better with PHP 4.2.0 + MySQL.

• fixmailandakopia - (NOT USED)

• fixmailman - Updates and restarts mailman.

• fixmailmanwithsuexec -

• fixmuse - Reinstalls muse.

• fixmysql - Fixes problems with mySQL.




• fixmysqlbsd - Fixes problesm with mySQL on FreeBSD.

• fixnamed - Updates bind to handle many DNS zones (more than 512).

• fixndc - Repair redhat's broken named.conf on 7.2.

• fixndc.new - (INTERNAL)

• fixoldlistswithsuexec - Run after enabling suexec on the server to change the URLs that Mailman gives out to ones that don't give a 500 internal server error.

• fixperl - Symlink /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl.




• fixperlscript - Makes sure a perlscript includes all corresponding modules.

• fixpop - Fix a POP account and reset password.

• fixproftpdconf - Fixes problems with /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf

• fixproftpdconf~ - (INTERNAL)

• fixproftpddupes - Updates proftpd.

• fixquotas - Fix quotas.




• fixrelayd - (OLD)

• fixrh72ndckey - (INTERNAL)

• fixrndc - Fixes named.conf to prevent rndc staus failed.

• fixspamassassinfailedupdate - Reinstalls a failed spamassassin update.

• fixsubconf -

• fixsubdomainlogs - Run if subdomain logs don't show up in cPanel.




• fixsuexeccgiscripts - Fix CGI scripts that are broken after suexec installed.

• fixtrojans - (NOT USED)

• fixvaliases - Fix permisions on valiases.

• fixwebalizer - Repair a Webalizer that has stopped updating.

• fixwebmail - (OLD)

• fixwwwdir - (OLD)




• fp3 - Updates the fpexe3 patch.

• fpanonuserpatch - Updates FrontPage extensions to include the anonymous user patch.

• fp-auth -

• fpbtr - (OLD)

• fpsuexec - (INTERNAL)

• fpsuexec2 - (INTERNAL)




• fpsuexec3 - (INTERNAL)

• fpupgrade - (INTERNAL)

• ftpcheck - Checks for FTPSSL.

• ftpfetch - (INTERNAL)

• ftpput -  (INTERNAL)

• ftpquaotacheck - Runs quota checking for all ftp users.




• ftpsfetch - (INTERNAL)

• ftpup - Updates your ftp server.

• ftpupdate - (INTERNAL)

• fullhordereset - Resets Horde and displays the current Horde password.

• futexfix - Fixes problesm with futex.

• futexstartup - Starts futex.




• gcc3 - Installs gcc-3.3.3

• gencrt - Generate a .crt and .csr file.

• gencrt2 - (NOT USED)

• gentomcatlist - (INTERNAL)

• gentooportsup -

• gethomedir - (INTERNAL)




• getpasswd - (INTERNAL)

• getremotecpmove - (INTERNAL)

• getrpmfor -

• grabemails - (INTERNAL)

• grabhttp - (INTERNAL)

• grabhttp2 - (INTERNAL)




• grabmysqlprivs - (INTERNAL)

• grpck - Checks to see if grpck is working properly.

• hackcheck - (INTERNAL)

• hdparmify - Enable dma/irq/32bit HD access, which speeds up IDE drives.

• hdparmon - Turns on hdparm.

• HTTPreq.pm - (INTERNAL)




• httpspamdetect -

• icpanel - (OLD)

• initacls - Mounts your file systems with ACL support (make sure your kernel supports ACLs)

• initbyteslog - (INTERNAL)

• initfpsuexec - Enable FrontPage suexec support.

• initquotas - Turn on quota support on new drives.




• initsslhttpd - Make sure HTTP starts with SSL.

• initsuexec - Turn on suexec support if suexec is installed.

• installaimicq - (INTERNAL)

• installcgipm - Installs CGI.pm

• installcpbsdpkg -

• installcpgentoopkg -




• installdbi - Install Bundle::DBD::mysql.

• installfpfreebsd - Installs FrontPage 5 Extensions on FreeBSD.

• installfpgentoo - Installs FrontPage on Gentoo.

• installgd - Builds GD.

• installipc - (INTERNAL)

• installpkg - Installs a FreeBSD package.




• installpostgres - Installs PostrgeSQL.

• installrmmods - (OLD)

• installrpm - Installs a rpm.

• installrpm2 - (INTERNAL)

• installspam - Install SpamAssassin.

• installssl - Add a SSL vhost.




• installtree -

• installzendopt - Install zend optimzer.

• installzendopt-freebsd - Install zend optimizer on a freebsd machine.

• ipcheck - (INTERNAL)

• ipusage - (INTERNAL)

• isdedicatedip - Checks an ip to see if it is dedicated.




• kernelcheck - (INTERNAL)

• killacct - Delete an account.

• killbadrpms - Security script that kills insecure RPMs from the server.

• killdns - Delete a DNS zone.

• killdns-dnsadmin -

• killdrrootvhost - Removes the document root for a virtual host.




• killndbm - Remove the broken NDBM_File module from 7.2.

• killpvhost - Removes a virtual host from proftpd.conf.

• killspamkeys - Removes a spam key.

• killsslvhost - Removes a SSL entry for a virtual host.

• killvhost - Delete a vhost.

• listcheck - Checks mailing lists for issues.




• listproblems - Lists common problems.

• listsubdomains - List subdomains.

• mailadmin - (DEAD, OLD)

• maildirmenu - (INTERNAL)

• mailman212 - (INTERNAL)

• mailperm - Fix almost any mail permission problem.




• mailscannerupdate - Updates MailScanner

• mailtroubleshoot - Guided mail fix.

• makecpphp - Installs php.

• makesecondary - Part of DNS transfer.

• manualupcp - Updates cPanel manually.

• md5crypt - Encrypts a password into MD5.




• mkquotas - OLD

• mkwwwacctconf - (INTERNAL)

• mrusersscpcmd -

• mseclocal - Sets up Mandrake's msec to allow exim to run as mailnull.

• mysqladduserdb - Create a MySQL databse and user.

• mysqlconnectioncheck - Attempts to connect to MySQL, restarts SQL if necessary.




• mysqldeluserdb - Delete a MySQL database and user.

• mysqlinfo - (OLD)

• mysqlpasswd - Change MySQL password.

• mysqlrpmpingtest - Checks your connection speed for downloading mySQL rpms.

• mysqlup - Updates mySQL.

• mysqlup~ - (INTERNAL)




• ndbmcheck - Checks to see if the nbdm module is loaded (kills in RedHat 7.2)

• netftpsslpatch - Patches FTPSSL.pm.

• newdomains - (OLD)

• newdomains-sendmail - (OLD)

• newexim - Installs the latest version of exim.

• newftpuser - (NOT USED)




• newpop - (NOT USED)

• nofsck - Make fsck always use -y

• nomodattach - Removes mod_attach from httpd.conf.

• nomodauthmysql -Removes mod_auth_mysql from httpd.conf.

• nomodbwprotect - Removes mod_bwportect from httpd.conf.

• nomodgzipconfmods - Removes mod_gzip from httpd.conf.




• nomodperl - Removes mod_perl from httpd.conf.

• oldaddoncgi2xaddon - Updates old addons to X addons.

• oldaddonconverter-(INTERNAL)

• oopcheck - (INTERNAL)

• park - Parks a domain.

• patcheximconf - Fixes exim.conf.




• patchposixtypes -

• patchtypes -

• patchtypesizes -

• pedquota - (INTERNAL) - Part of editquota (for editting quota).

• perlinstaller - Installs perl.

• phpini - Create a php.ini file.




• phpopenbasectl -

• pingtest - Checks your download time from cPanel mirrors.

• pkgacct - (INTERNAL)

• pkgacct~ -(INTERNAL)

• pkgacct2 - (INTERNAL)

• pkgaccount-ala - backs up an Alab*nza account for transfer.




• pkgacct-ciXost - backs up a ci*ost account for transfer.

• pkgacct-dXm - backs up a d*m account for transfer.

• pkgacct-enXim - backs up an en*im account for transfer.

• pkgacct-ng -

• pkgacctn-ng.orig -

• pkgacct-pXa - backs up a p*a account for transfer.




• popftpuse - (OLD)

• portsup - (FREEBSD BETA)

• postsuexecinstall - (INTERNAL)

• proftpd128 - Installs proftpd-1.2.8.

• pscan - (OLD)

• ptycheck - Fixes permissoins on /dev/ptmx.




• pwck -Verifies the integrity of system authentication information.

• quickfixmysqlbsd - (NOT USED)

• quickkernel - Updates your kernel.

• quicksecure - Quickly kill useless services.

• quotacheck - (INTERNAL)

• rasetup - (OLD)




• rawchpass - (INTERNAL)

• realadduser - (INTERNAL)

• realchpass - (INTERNAL)

• realperlinstaller - (INTERNAL)

• realrawchpass - (INTERNAL)

• rebuildcpanelsslcrt - Rebuilds the cPanel SSL Certificate.




• rebuildcpusers - Rebuilds /var/cpanel/users.

• rebuildetcpasswd - Rebuilds /etc/passwd.

• rebuildeximbsd - Rebuilds exim on FreeBSD.

• rebuildhttpdconffromproftpd - Rebuild httpd.conf from the proftpd.conf file.

• rebuildinterchangecfg - Used after moving a domain with Interchange to the server.

• rebuildippool - (INTERNAL)




• rebuildnamedconf - Restore named.conf from files in /var/named.

• rebuildproftpd - Restore proftpd.conf from httpd.conf.

• reinstallmailman - Reinstalls mailman.

• relocatevartousr - Relocates files from /var to /usr in case of disk space issues.

• remdefssl - Remove default SSL vhost.

• reseteximtodefaults - Resets exim's default settings.




• resethorde -

• resetimappasswds - Resets all imap passwords.

• resetmailmanurls -

• resetquotas - Change quotas to what they should be .

• restartsrv - Restart a service.

• restartsrv_apache - Restart apache.




• restartsrv_bind - Restart bind.

• restartsrv_clamd - Restart clamd.

• restartsrv_courier - Restart courier imap.

• restartsrv_cppop - Restart cppop.

• restartsrv_entropychat - Restart entropy chat.

• restartsrv_exim - Restart exim.




• restartsrv_eximstats - Restart exim statistics.

• restartsrv_ftpserver - Restart your ftp server.

• restartsrv_ftpserver~ - (INTERNAL)

• restartsrv_httpd - Restart httpd.

• restartsrv_imap - Restart impad.

• restartsrv_inetd - Restart inetd.




• restartsrv_interchange - Restart Interchange Shopping Cart.

• restartsrv_melange - Restart melange chat.

• restartsrv_mysql - Restart mysqld.

• restartsrv_named - Restart named.

• restartsrv_postgres - Restart postgresql.

• restartsrv_postgresql - Restart postgresql.




• restartsrv_proftpd - Restart proftpd.

• restartsrv_pureftpd - Restart pure-ftpd.

• restartsrv_spamd - Restart spamd.

• restartsrv_sshd - Restart sshd.

• restartsrv_syslogd - Restart syslogd.

• restartsrv_tomcat - Restart tomcat.




• restartsrv_xinetd - Restart xinetd.

• restoremail - Restores a user's mail.

• restorepkg -

• reswhostmgr - Restart whostmgr.

• rhlupdate - (OLD)

• rpmpreinstall - (INTERNAL)




• rpmup - Upgrade redhat/mandrake errata/security.

• rpmup2 - (INTERNAL)

• rpmup3 - (INTERNAL)

• rrdtoolinstall - Installs RRD Tool.

• rscpmd -

• runlogsnow - (OLD)




• runstatsonce - Runs statistics (should be used from the crontab).

• runweblogs - Run analog/webalizer/etc. for a user.

• ruserssscpcmd - (INTERNAL)

• safeperlinstaller - Installs perl safely.

• safeup2date - Runs up2date safely.

• safeyum - Runs yum safely.




• scpcmd - (INTERNAL)

• searchbadgroups -

• searchreplace - (NOT USED)

• secureit - Remove unnecessary suid binaries.

• securemysql - Attempts to secure the MySQL configuration.

• securetmp - Adds securetmp to system startup.




• selinux_custom_contexts -

• selinuxsetup -

• sendaim - (INTERNAL)

• sendicq - (INTERNAL)

• setupfp - Install FrontPage 3 on an account.

• setupfp4 - Install FrontPage 4 (2000) installer on an account.




• setupfp5 - Install FrontPage 5 (2002) installer on an account.

• setupfp5.nosueuxec - Install FrontPage 5 (2002) installer on an account when not using suexec.

• setupmakeconf -

• showexelist - Shows exe processes.

• simpleps - Display the process list.

• simplesshcmd - (INTERNAL)




• smartcheck - Checks hard drive integrity.

• smtpmailgdionly - Enables SMTP Mail Protection.

• snarf - (INTERNAL)

• spamasssassin-cpanel - (NOT USED)

• spamboxdisable - Disables SpamAssassin's spambox delivery for all accounts.

• sscpcmd - (INTERNAL)




• ssh2.expect - (INTERNAL)

• sshcmd -

• sshcontrol - (INTERNAL)

• ssh.expect - (INTERNAL)

• stage2fpmail - (INTERNAL)

• supportvoidcheck -




• suspendacct - Suspends an account.

• symlinktodir - (INTERNAL)

• sysup - update cPanel RPMs.

• telentcrt - (OLD)

• testinf - (OLD)

• trustme - (INTERNAL)




• typocheck -

• uf - (OLD)

• unlimitnamed - Installs the latest version of bind patched to support greater than 512 ips on the server.

• unblockip - Unblocks an IP blocked by portsentry.

• unpkgacct - (INTERNAL)

• unsetupfp4 - Removes FrontPage 4 or 5 from an account.




• unslavenamedconf - If the user accidentally sets a DNS master as local server, this will repair named.conf after the loop.

• unsuspendacct - Unsuspends an account.

• upcp - Updates cPanel.

• updated - Updates /scripts.

• updatedomainips - (INTERNAL)

• updatefrontpage - Updates FrontPage




• updatemysqlquota -

• updatenow - Updates /scripts NOW.

• updatephpconf - Updates PHP configuration files.

• updateuserdomains - (INTERNAL)

• updateuserdomains2 - (INTERNAL)

• userdirctl -




• userps - (OLD)

• usersscpcmd - (INTERNAL)

• usersscpcmd1 - (INTERNAL)

• usersshcmd - (INTERNAL)

• verify - (OLD)

• verifyzone - (INTERNAL)




• whichrpm - (INTERNAL)

• whoowns - Finds out who owns a domain.

• whostmgrkey - (OLD)

• wwwacct - Creates an account.

• wwwacct2 - (INTERNAL)

• x* - (OLD)




• xaddonreport - Reports the current addon scripts installed.

• zoneexists - (INTERNAL)