Category Archives: Servers

Servers : How to manually test a SMTP connection using Telnet

Here is the steps required to test and send an e-mail using the command prompt and Telnet. See the commands required below : EHLO MAIL from: RCPT to: DATA From: To: Subject: . QUIT Here is an overview of what you’ll get with the commands in bold : # telnet smtp.domain.tld 25 Trying 0.0.0.0… Connected… Read More »

R1Soft : Could not authenticate agent

Having this error while trying to test connection between your machine and R1Soft server? ERROR: Could not authenticate agent ERROR: Agent authentication failed. ERROR: AGENT: host (0.0.0.0) port (00000) failed authentication ERROR: AGENT: RSA decrypt failed This mean your server have a different authentication key than expected. You need to remove the current key and… Read More »

Linux : newrelic.so: undefined symbol: php_end_ob_buffer after PHP upgrade

Getting this error for NewRelic module after PHP update from 5.3 to 5.4? newrelic.so: undefined symbol: php_end_ob_buffer in Unknown on line 0 This mean the module is not compatible with your new PHP version. To resolve this matter, follow these easy steps. Uninstall NewRelic completely : yum remove newrelic-daemon newrelic-sysmond newrelic-php5 newrelic-php5-common Then reinstall : yum… Read More »

Linux : Zimbra backup return error ServiceException: system failure: exception during auth

Having this error with Zimbra backups? 2013-11-13 11:26:32,788 INFO [qtp1377413258-164433:https://0.0.0.0:7071/service/admin/soap/GetMailQueueInfoRequest] [name=user@domain.tld;mid=15;ip=0.0.0.0;ua=ZimbraWebClient – GC30 (Mac);] SoapEngine – handler exception com.zimbra.common.service.ServiceException: system failure: exception during auth {RemoteManager: mail.domain.tld->zimbra@mail.domain.tld:22} ExceptionId:qtp1377413258-164433:https://0.0.0.0:7071/service/admin/soap/GetMailQueueInfoRequest:1384359992787:2ad736ecb0b90e52 Code:service.FAILURE This might be caused by the Zimbra user cannot establish a loopback SSH connection to the server. Zimbra rely on the network interface IP to establish the… Read More »

Linux : Apache fail to start Invalid command ‘SSLEngine’

Get this error message while trying to start Apache? Invalid command ‘SSLEngine’, perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration Make sure you are loading mod_SSL by having this statement in your configuration file (such as httpd.conf, ssl.conf, vhost.conf) : LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

Windows : Complete certificate request denied with IIS8

I recently end up with the following error while completing a certificate request on Windows Server 2012 and IIS 8 : Execption from HRESULT: 0x8007005(E_ACCESSDENIED) The workaround I’ve found is to manually install the certificate. Follow theses steps to proceed with a manual SSL certificate installation : 1. Open the Microsoft Management Console (well known… Read More »

Linux : Cacti the image cache directory does not exist

Getting this error trying to use the real time graph usage with Cacti? The Image Cache Directory directory does not exist. Please first create it and set permissions and then attempt to open another realtime graph. OR : The Image Cache Directory is not writable. Please set permissions and then attempt to open another realtime… Read More »