Ever locked yourself out of your Server while making some iptables changes?
What about when you change your SSH port and then forget what you set
it to? These are common support tickets we receive at RSHosting. In
many cases this is something our customer’s can fix on their own if they
are using cPanel on thier VPS/Server.
cPanel comes with a number of “hidden” autofix commands that allow
for administrators to fix common problems simply be logging into WHM and
going to a special URL. Two of the most useful ones I’ve seen are
flushing iptables and restarting SSH in “safe mode” (basically the
default settings and port).
Flushing iptables rules http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=iptablesflush
Restart SSH in safe mode http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=safesshrestart
Once you hit the URL you will be prompted to log in. Simply enter
your root password and cPanel will do the rest. These have definitely
saved me on more than one occasion when my attempt to ’secure’ my server
worked a little too well. Remember that if you happen to also lock
yourself out of WHM through iptables, you will not be able to hit the
URL’s I mentioned. In that case, contact support.
Here are some other useful commands as well:
Reset the Firewall Settings https://yourdomain.com:2087/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=iptablesflush
Reset the SSH Settings http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=safesshrestart
bsdbindfix http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=bsdbindfix
Autorepair http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=autorepair
Compress Zlib http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=Compress-Zlib-1.42.tar.gz
Compresszlibfix http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=compresszlibfix
dbdmysql http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=dbdmysql
Cooldiagnose_apache_conf http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=diagnose_apache_conf
fpindexfile http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=fpindexfile
libxml2-2.6.28.tar.gz http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=libxml2-2.6.28.tar.gz
libxml64fix http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=libxml64fix
pro* http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=pro*
spamd_dbm_fix http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=spamd_dbm_fix
test http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=test
vfilterfix http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=vfilterfix
yumduprpmfix http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=yumduprpmfix
resellerresourceacctounts http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=resellerresourceacctounts
horde_sqmail_current_fix http://yourdomain.com:2086/scripts2/doautofixer?autofix=horde_sqmail_current_fix
Good Luck, and if you need more help you can always Contact RSHosting Support!
