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• /var is full

  If you have a /var partition, and if that partition is too small it may fill up quickly.  If you want to move the data which is stored in...

• Disk Usage is showing 0.00 or is too low

  *** Note: If you're running a VPS with a "simfs" file system, quotas usually cannot be enabled with normal means.  Contact your VPS provider...

• Domain Already Exists

  This message will appear if the domain is already on the system.  The way that DirectAdmin checks to see if the domain is already on the...

• Downloading a new webalizer binary

  function changed() { if (document.select.os.value == 'nothing') {return;} if (document.select.version.value == 'nothing') {return;} setCode();...

• Error connecting to IMAP server: localhost. 115 : Operation now in progress

  This error seems to be caused by a bug in php:[Wed May 12 15:48:08 2004] [error] PHP Warning:  fsockopen(): unable to connect to...

• Frontpage on FreeBSD 5.x

  FrontPage is discontinued. Do not use it. From 2006: If you get the following error when installing the Frontpage Extensions to a domain:Error...

• How to debug a segfault within DirectAdmin

  If you get a message "A segmentation fault has occurred", this is a program error generally due to either incompatible binaries for your OS, or...

• How to restore an oversized backup

  If you have a backup file that is too large for the DirectAdmin restore process to handle, then the tar.gz can be adjusted to remove some...

• I can't connect to DirectAdmin on port 2222

  If you are unable to access your server via http://1.2.3.4:2222, then 1 of 3 things is likely happening: 1. DirectAdmin might not be running or...

• I've deleted /home, how do I recreate the directories?

  Generally, this isn't the best thing to have happen because all of the data is stored there.  You'll need to recreate all of the directory...

• Installing DBD::mysql from source

  To install DBI and DBD:mysql from source, run the following: wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/DBI-1.634.tar.gz tar xvzf...

• Log File paths

  The first place you should go when trying to debug a problem is the log file for that program.   The list of Log Files are as follows:...

• New user using over 100 meg of space and nothing has been added yet

  If you have a user, let's call them , and you find that they're using more system quotas then than you think they should be, there could be other...

• Parent directory does not allow write, or one of the directories didn't allow search (execution) permission

  If you have vm-pop3d (mbox) and get the following error when creating a domain:Parent directory does not allow write, or one of the directories...

• Server replied: 421 Unexpected failure, please try later

  If Imap returns this error, then there might be something wrong with the smtp server.   Check the /var/log/exim/mainlog (or...

• Starting sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 371: too many allow users

  If you get the following error when trying to start sshd:Starting sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 371: too many allow usersthat means that there...

• The disk usage for a given User is higher than I think it should be.

  As of DirectAdmin 1.39.4, a new feature will allow for the viewing of the disk usage breakdown with DA, similar to the output from the guide...

• The ip of this machine () does not match the ip in the license file

  If you get the message:The ip of this machine () does not match the ip in the license filewhen trying to start DirectAdmin (or (1.2.3.4) instead of...

• The task.queue is not being processed

  1) check for /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue It should be deleted every minute.  If it exists, check it's contents.  If there are...

• Updating DirectAdmin Manually

  Enter your information here: Client ID (uid):   License ID (lid): If you need to update your copy of DirectAdmin manually, you can do so by...

• Updating your DirectAdmin License manually

  If you need to update your DirectAdmin license manually, you can do so by entering your information, then running the following commands: Client ID...

• Warning: Illegal offset type in /path/to/somefile.php after php upgrade

  Eg: Warning: Illegal offset type in /var/www/html/phpMyAdmin-2.6.2/libraries/grab_globals.lib.php on line 71 This because of a change in the...

• Webalizer produces: error while loading shared libraries: libgd.so.2

  When you run the following, you get:[root@server]# webalizer webalizer: error while loading shared libraries: libgd.so.2: cannot open shared object...

• When compiling vm-pop3d: error: `UINT16_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)

  To compile vm-pop3d:   (use --prefix=/usr on Linux)wget http://files.directadmin.com/services/da_vm-pop3d-1.1.7f.tar.gz tar xvzf...

• Your hostname, , and the servername you have set in DirectAdmin, server.host.com, do not match.

  If you get the errorYour hostname, , and the servername you have set in DirectAdmin, server.host.com, do not match.where the hostname is blank...