scripts in /scripts directory explanation

WebHost Manager 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 exts to all domains without them.
• addnetmaskips – Add the netmask 255.255.255.0 to all ips that have no netmask.
• 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.
• adduser.old – (OLD)
• admin – Run WHM Lite.
• apachelimits – Add rlimits to Apache.
• bandwidth – (OLD)
• builddomainaddr – (OLD)
• bupcp – (OLD)

• chcpass – (Internal use).
• checkinterchange – (Internal use).
• checklog – (OLD)
• 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.
• cleandns – (OLD)
• cleandns8 – Clean up named.conf.
• cleanmd5 – Fix CPAN md5 problems.
• cleanopenwebmail – (OLD)
• configips – (OLD)
• .cgi – (INTERNAL)
• .c – (INTERNAL)
• cpbackup – Backup.
• dialog – (NOT USED)
• dns_setup – (OLD)
• dnstransfer – Only if the server has a DNS master (sync with DNS master).
• dotbuffer – (INTERNAL)
• editquota – Change a users quota.
• enablechkservdwebmail – Enable service checking of webmaild.
• exchange – (INTERNAL)
• finddev – (INTERNAL)
• findhacks – Search for common Trojan Horses.
• findtrojans – Exhaustive Trojan Horse search.
• fixadmin – (OLD)
• fixcartwithsuexec – (INTERNAL) – Can be used to fix a cart with suexec.
• fixcgiwrap – (OLD)
• fixcommonproblems – Attempt to fix the most common problems.
• fixeverything – 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 users 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.
• fixndc – Repair redhat’s broken named.conf on 7.2.
• 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.
• fixpop – Fix a POP account and reset password.
• fixquotas – Fix quotas.
• fixrelayd – (OLD)
• fixrh72ndckey – (INTERNAL)
• 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)
• fpbtr – (OLD)
• fpsuexec – (INTERNAL)
• fpsuexec2 – (INTERNAL)
• fpupgrade – (INTERNAL)
• gencrt – Generate a .crt and .csr file.
• gencrt2 – (NOT USED)
• gentomcatlist – (INTERNAL)
• gethomedir – (INTERNAL)
• getpasswd – (INTERNAL)
• getremotecpmove – (INTERNAL)
• grabemails – (INTERNAL)
• grabhttp – (INTERNAL)
• hackcheck – (INTERNAL)
• hdparmify – Enable dma/irq/32bit hd access, which speeds up ide drives.
• HTTPreq.pm – (INTERNAL)
• icpanel – (OLD)
• 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)
• installdbi – Install Bundle::DBD::mysql.
• installipc – (INTERNAL)
• installrmmods – (OLD)
• installspam – Install SpamAssassin.
• installssl – Add a ssl vhost.
• installzendopt – Install zend optimzer.
• ipcheck – (INTERNAL)
• ipusage – (INTERNAL)
• kernelcheck – (INTERNAL)
• killacct – Delete an account.
• killbadrpms – Secuirty script that kills insecure rpms from the server.
• killdns – Delete a DNS zone.
• killndbm – Remove the broken NDBM_File module from 7.2.
• killvhost – Delete a vhost.
• listsubdomains – List subdomains.
• mailadmin – (DEAD, OLD)
• mailperm – Fix almost any mail permission problem.
• mailtroubleshoot – Guided mail fix.
• makesecondary – Part of DNS transfer.
• mkquotas – OLD
• mkwwwacctconf – (INTERNAL)
• mysqladduserdb – Create a mySQL databse and user.
• mysqldeluserdb – Delete a mySQL databse and user.
• mysqlinfo – (OLD)
• mysqlpass – Change mysql password.
• newdomains – (OLD)
• newftpuser – Create a new virtual ftp users.
• newpop – Create a pop account.
• nofsck – Make fsck always use -y
• oopcheck – (INTERNAL)
• park – Park a domain.
• pedquota – (INTERNAL) – Part of editquota (for editting quota).
• phpini – Create a php.ini file.
• pkgacct – (INTERNAL)
• popftpuse – (OLD)
• portsup – (FREEBSD BETA)
• pscan – (OLD)
• quicksecure – Quickly kill useless services.
• rasetup – (OLD)
• rawchpass – (INTERNAL)
• rebuildcpusers – Rebuild /var/cpanel/users.
• rebuildhttpdconffromproftpdconf – 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.
• remdefssl – Remove default ssl vhost.
• resetquotas – Change quotas to what they should be .
• restartsrv – Restart a service.
• reswhostmgr – Restart whostmgr.
• rhlupdate – (OLD)
• rpmup – Upgrade redhat/mandrake errata/security.
• runlogsnow – (OLD)
• runweblogs – Run analog/webalizer/etc. for a user.
• ruserssscpcmd – (INTERNAL)
• scpcmd – (INTERNAL)
• searchreplace – (NOT USED)
• secureit – Remove unnecessary suid binaries.
• 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
• simpleps – Display the process list.
• simplesshcmd – (INTERNAL)
• snarf – (INTERNAL)
• sscpcmd – (INTERNAL)
• ssh – (INTERNAL)
• suspendacct – Suspend an account.
• sysup – update CPanel rpms.
• telentcrt – (OLD)
• testinf – (OLD)
• trustme – (INTERNAL)
• uf – (OLD)
• unlimitnamed – Install the latest version of bind patched to support greater than 512 ips on the server.
• unblockip – Unblock an IP blocked by portsentry.
• unpktacct – (INTERNAL)
• unsetupfp4 – Remove 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 – Unsuspend an account.
• upcp – Update CPanel.
• updated – Update /scripts.
• updatedomainips – (INTERNAL)
• updatenow – Update /scripts NOW.
• updateuserdomains – (INTERNAL)
• userps – (OLD)
• userss – (INTERNAL)
• verify – (OLD)
• whoowns – Find out who owns a domain.
• whostmgrkey – (OLD)
• wwwacct – Create an account.
• x – (OLD)
• zoneexists – (INTERNAL)

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