by Sijin George | Nov 6, 2018 | Nginx, Server Administration
Lets-encrypt SSL is a great way to secure websites as they are free of cost. But, it comes with the overhead of frequent renewals, that is, every 3 months. And even a small mistake in the timely renewal of Lets-encrypt certificate can cause serious downtime for the...
by Reeshma Mathews | Nov 1, 2018 | Server Administration
Emails are convenient, but email errors can be tiresome. At Bobcares, we often resolve such email errors as a part of our Technical Support Services for web hosting companies. Today, we’ll see what causes “unable to relay for email address” errors during email...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Oct 31, 2018 | Server Administration
Email errors can be quite confusing. “550 no mailbox by that name is currently available” is such an error. It says that there’s no mailbox by that name, but you KNOW it exists. You can’t argue with a machine. It can be very frustrating. At...
by Reeshma Mathews | Oct 31, 2018 | MySQL, Server Administration
ERROR (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’ This is a commonly seen error in database driven sites. The same error can show up when a connection or restart for MySQL server is attempted via...
by Visakh S | Oct 30, 2018 | Filezilla, FTP, Server Administration
Web hosts give their customers FTP access to easily upload website content, images etc. to the server. But the downside of FTP is that it is vulnerable to brute force attacks (where hackers try logging in with thousands of password combinations, and FTP allows...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Oct 29, 2018 | Server Administration
Prestashop has stringent security features. One such feature is Short Session timeouts. This is to reduce the exposure of your application to session based attacks like session cookie theft. However, this can cause issues even for legitimate users.Store admins could...
