Cpanel Scripts

On Cpanel servers, cpanel provide usefull scripts on folder /scripts

You can find more details at http://www.cpanel.net/docs/whm/Scripts.htm

• adddns - Adds a DNS zone.
• addfpmail - Add frontpage mail extensions to all domains without them.
• addfpmail2 -Add frontpage mail extensions to all domains without them.
• addnetmaskips - Add the netmask 255.255.255.0 to all IPs that have no netmask.
• addnobodygrp - Adds the gorup nobody and activates security.
• 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.
• admin - Run WHM Lite.
• apachelimits - Add rlimits to Apache.
• betaexim - Installs the latest version of exim.
• biglogcheck - looks for logs nearing 2 gigabytes in size
• bsdcryptoinstall - Installs crypto on FreeBSD.
• bsdldconfig - Configures the proper lib directories in FreeBSD.
• bsdpkgpingtest - Tests the connection speed for downloading FreeBSD packages.
• buildbsdexpect - Install expect on FreeBSD.
• buildeximconf - Rebuilds exim.conf.
• buildpostgrebsd-dev - Installs postgresql on FreeBSD.
• chcpass - (Internal use)
• checkallowoverride -
• checkbadconf - Checks /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf for bad users.
• checkbsdgroups - Checks and repairs proftpd ownership on FreeBSD.
• checkccompiler - Checks to make sure the C compiler works on your system.
• checkfpkey - Checks for the FrontPage suid key
• checkgd - Checks to see if GD is built.
• checkinterchange - (Internal use).
• checklibssl - Checks to make sure the proper libssl symlinks exist.
• checkmaxclients - Checks to see if apache has reached the maximum clients allowed.
• checkoldperl - Checks to see if the version of Perl on your system is old.
• checkrsync - Checks to make sure rsync is up to date.
• checksuexecpatch - Checks to see if mailman has been patched for suexec.
• checksuspendpages - Checks to see if suspend pages are properly named.
• checkup2date - Makes sure up2date is set up properly (RedHat)
• checkyum - Makes sure yum is set up properly.
• chkpaths - Makes sure /usr/sbin/chown has a symlink to /bin/chown
• 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.
• ckillall - Allows you to kill a process (used like killall).
• ckillall2 - Allows you to kill a process.
• cleanbw - Cleans up old bandwidth logs.
• cleandns8 - Clean up named.conf.
• cleangd - Cleans up old GD installs and reinstalls GD
• cleanmd5 - Fix CPAN md5 problems.
• cleanmsglog - cleans exim's msglog
• cleanupmysqlprivs - Cleans up improper mySQL privileges.
• compilers - Disables the usage of compilers for unprivileged users.
• convert2maildir - Converts mail from mbox to maildir format and installs courier impap and pop (cpimap is removed).
• courierup - Updates/Installs Courier
• cpbackup - Runs backups.
• distupgrade - Upgrades RedHat to the newest version (for testing only)
• dnscluster - Enables DNS clustering.
• dnsqueuecron - Adds a cron job to dump the DNS queue.
• dnstransfer - Only if the server has a DNS master (sync with DNS master).
• dotbuffer - (INTERNAL)
• downgradefp - Downgrades FrontPage Extensions (to 5.0-0)
• dropmysqldb - Drops a mySQL database.
• easyapache - Upgrade Apache
• editquota - Change a users quota.
• enablechkservdwebmail - Enable service checking of webmaild.
• enablefileprotect - Protects home directories if file protection is built in apache.
• ensurepkg - Installs a FreeBSD package.
• ensurerpm - Installs a rpm.
• exim3 - Installs exim 3.
• exim4 - Installs exim 4.
• exim4-rh73test - Installs exim release #260. (RedHat only)
• eximcron - Creates a cron job for exim_tidy_db.
• eximlocalsend - Enables/Disables exim local sending.
• exim_tidydb - Cleans the exim message log.
• eximup - Installs/Updates exim.
• fetchgd - Includes libg.so.
• findhacks - Search for common Trojan Horses.
• findoddrootprocesses - Lists root processes that may need to be checked out.
• findphpversion - Check to see if your php version file is up to date.
• findtrojans - Exhaustive Trojan Horse search.
• fixallcartswithsuexec - Fixes permissions on carts when using suexec.
• fixallinterchangeperm - Fixes permissions on all users' Interchange Shopping Carts.
• fixbinpath - Makes sure all bin file paths are correct.
• fixbuggynamed - Updates bind to solve any problems with bugs.
• fixcartwithsuexec - (INTERNAL) - Can be used to fix a cart with suexec.
• fixcommonproblems - Attempt to fix the most common problems.
• fixetchosts - Fixes problems with /etc/hosts
• fixeverything - Fix common problems and quotas.
• fixfpwml - Fix for .wml errors with frontpage.
• fixheaders - Run if nothing compiles errors with .h files on compile.
• fixinterchange - Reinstall interchange Perl modules.
• fixinterchangeperm - fix permissions on a user's 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.
• fixmailman - Updates and restarts mailman.
• fixmysql - Fixes problems with mySQL.
• fixmysqlbsd - Fixes problesm with mySQL on FreeBSD.
• fixnamed - Updates bind to handle many DNS zones (more than 512).
• 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.
• fixperlscript - Makes sure a perlscript includes all corresponding modules.
• fixpop - Fix a POP account and reset password.
• fixproftpdconf - Fixes problems with /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf
• fixproftpddupes - Updates proftpd.
• fixquotas - Fix quotas.
• fixrndc - Fixes named.conf to prevent rndc staus failed.
• fixspamassassinfailedupdate - Reinstalls a failed spamassassin update.
• fixsubconf -
• fixsubdomainlogs - Run if subdomain logs don't show up in cPanel.
• fixsuexeccgiscripts - Fix CGI scripts that are broken after suexec installed.
• fixvaliases - Fix permisions on valiases.
• fixwebalizer - Repair a Webalizer that has stopped updating.
• fp3 - Updates the fpexe3 patch.
• fpanonuserpatch - Updates FrontPage extensions to include the anonymous user patch.
• ftpquaotacheck - Runs quota checking for all ftp users.
• ftpup - Updates your ftp server.
• fullhordereset - Resets Horde and displays the current Horde password.
• futexfix - Fixes problesm with futex.
• futexstartup - Starts futex.
• gcc3 - Installs gcc-3.3.3
• gencrt - Generate a .crt and .csr file.
• grpck - Checks to see if grpck is working properly.
• hackcheck - (INTERNAL)
• hdparmify - Enable dma/irq/32bit HD access, which speeds up IDE drives.
• hdparmon - Turns on hdparm.
• HTTPreq.pm - (INTERNAL)
• httpspamdetect -
• icpanel - (OLD)
• initacls - Mounts your file systems with ACL support (make sure your kernel supports ACLs)
• 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)
• installcgipm - Installs CGI.pm
• installcpbsdpkg -
• installcpgentoopkg -
• installdbi - Install Bundle::DBD::mysql.
• installfpfreebsd - Installs FrontPage 5 Extensions on FreeBSD.
• installfpgentoo - Installs FrontPage on Gentoo.
• installgd - Builds GD.
• installipc - (INTERNAL)
• installpkg - Installs a FreeBSD package.
• installpostgres - Installs PostrgeSQL.
• installrmmods - (OLD)
• installrpm - Installs a rpm.
• installrpm2 - (INTERNAL)
• installspam - Install SpamAssassin.
• installssl - Add a SSL vhost.
• installtree -
• installzendopt - Install zend optimzer.
• installzendopt-freebsd - Install zend optimizer on a freebsd machine.
• ipcheck - (INTERNAL)
• ipusage - (INTERNAL)
• isdedicatedip - Checks an ip to see if it is dedicated.
• kernelcheck - (INTERNAL)
• killacct - Delete an account.
• killbadrpms - Security script that kills insecure RPMs from the server.
• killdns - Delete a DNS zone.
• killdns-dnsadmin -
• killdrrootvhost - Removes the document root for a virtual host.
• killndbm - Remove the broken NDBM_File module from 7.2.
• killpvhost - Removes a virtual host from proftpd.conf.
• killspamkeys - Removes a spam key.
• killsslvhost - Removes a SSL entry for a virtual host.
• killvhost - Delete a vhost.
• listcheck - Checks mailing lists for issues.
• listproblems - Lists common problems.
• listsubdomains - List subdomains.
• mailadmin - (DEAD, OLD)
• maildirmenu - (INTERNAL)
• mailman212 - (INTERNAL)
• mailperm - Fix almost any mail permission problem.
• mailscannerupdate - Updates MailScanner
• mailtroubleshoot - Guided mail fix.
• makecpphp - Installs php.
• makesecondary - Part of DNS transfer.
• manualupcp - Updates cPanel manually.
• md5crypt - Encrypts a password into MD5.
• mkquotas - OLD
• mkwwwacctconf - (INTERNAL)
• mrusersscpcmd -
• mseclocal - Sets up Mandrake's msec to allow exim to run as mailnull.
• mysqladduserdb - Create a MySQL databse and user.
• mysqlconnectioncheck - Attempts to connect to MySQL, restarts SQL if necessary.
• mysqldeluserdb - Delete a MySQL databse and user.
• mysqlinfo - (OLD)
• mysqlpasswd - Change MySQL password.
• mysqlrpmpingtest - Checks your connection speed for downloading mySQL rpms.
• mysqlup - Updates mySQL.
• mysqlup~ - (INTERNAL)
• ndbmcheck - Checks to see if the nbdm module is loaded (kills in RedHat 7.2)
• netftpsslpatch - PAtches FTPSSL.pm.
• newdomains - (OLD)
• newdomains-sendmail - (OLD)
• newexim - Installs the latest version of exim.
• newftpuser - (NOT USED)
• newpop - (NOT USED)
• nofsck - Make fsck always use -y
• nomodattach - Removes mod_attach from httpd.conf.
• nomodauthmysql -Removes mod_auth_mysql from httpd.conf.
• nomodbwprotect - Removes mod_bwportect from httpd.conf.
• nomodgzipconfmods - Removes mod_gzip from httpd.conf.
• nomodperl - Removes mod_perl from httpd.conf.
• oldaddoncgi2xaddon - Updates old addons to X addons.
• park - Parks a domain.
• patcheximconf - Fixes exim.conf.
• pedquota - (INTERNAL) - Part of editquota (for editting quota).
• perlinstaller - Installs perl.
• phpini - Create a php.ini file.
• pingtest - Checks your download time from cPanel mirrors.
• pkgacct - backup an account
• pkgaccount-ala - backs up an Alab*nza account for transfer.
• pkgacct-ciXost - backs up a ci*ost account for transfer.
• pkgacct-dXm - backs up a d*m account for transfer.
• pkgacct-enXim - backs up an en*im account for transfer.
• pkgacct-pXa - backs up a p*a account for transfer.
• proftpd128 - Installs proftpd-1.2.8.
• ptycheck - Fixes permissoins on /dev/ptmx.
• pwck -Verifies the integrity of system authentication information.
• quickkernel - Updates your kernel.
• quicksecure - Quickly kill useless services.
• rebuildcpanelsslcrt - Rebuilds the cPanel SSL Certificate.
• rebuildcpusers - Rebuilds /var/cpanel/users.
• rebuildetcpasswd - Rebuilds /etc/passwd.
• rebuildeximbsd - Rebuilds exim on FreeBSD.
• rebuildhttpdconffromproftpd - 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.
• reinstallmailman - Reinstalls mailman.
• relocatevartousr - Relocates files from /var to /usr in case of disk space issues.
• remdefssl - Remove default SSL vhost.
• reseteximtodefaults - Resets exim's default settings.
• resethorde -
• resetimappasswds - Resets all imap passwords.
• resetmailmanurls -
• resetquotas - Change quotas to what they should be .
• restartsrv - Restart a service.
• restartsrv_apache - Restart apache.
• restartsrv_bind - Restart bind.
• restartsrv_clamd - Restart clamd.
• restartsrv_courier - Restart courier imap.
• restartsrv_cppop - Restart cppop.
• restartsrv_entropychat - Restart entropy chat.
• restartsrv_exim - Restart exim.
• restartsrv_eximstats - Restart exim statistics.
• restartsrv_ftpserver - Restart your ftp server.
• restartsrv_httpd - Restart httpd.
• restartsrv_imap - Restart impad.
• restartsrv_inetd - Restart inetd.
• restartsrv_interchange - Restart Interchange Shopping Cart.
• restartsrv_melange - Restart melange chat.
• restartsrv_mysql - Restart mysqld.
• restartsrv_named - Restart named.
• restartsrv_postgres - Restart postgresql.
• restartsrv_postgresql - Restart postgresql.
• restartsrv_proftpd - Restart proftpd.
• restartsrv_pureftpd - Restart pure-ftpd.
• restartsrv_spamd - Restart spamd.
• restartsrv_sshd - Restart sshd.
• restartsrv_syslogd - Restart syslogd.
• restartsrv_tomcat - Restart tomcat.
• restartsrv_xinetd - Restart xinetd.
• restoremail - Restores a user's mail.
• reswhostmgr - Restart whostmgr.
• rpmup - Upgrade redhat/mandrake errata/security.
• rrdtoolinstall - Installs RRD Tool.
• runstatsonce - Runs statistics (should be used from the crontab).
• runweblogs - Run analog/webalizer/etc. for a user.
• safeperlinstaller - Installs perl safely.
• safeup2date - Runs up2date safely.
• safeyum - Runs yum safely.
• secureit - Remove unnecessary suid binaries.
• securemysql - Attempts to secure the MySQL configuration.
• securetmp - Adds securetmp to system startup.
• 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.
• setupfp5.nosueuxec - Install FrontPage 5 (2002) installer on an account when not using suexec.
• setupmakeconf -
• showexelist - Shows exe processes.
• simpleps - Display the process list.
• smartcheck - Checks hard drive integrity.
• smtpmailgdionly - Enables SMTP Mail Protection.
• spamboxdisable - Disables SpamAssassin's spambox delivery for all accounts.
• suspendacct - Suspends an account.
• sysup - update cPanel RPMs.
• unlimitnamed - Installs the latest version of bind patched to support greater than 512 ips on the server.
• unblockip - Unblocks an IP blocked by portsentry.
• unsetupfp4 - Removes 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 - Unsuspends an account.
• upcp - Updates cPanel.
• updated - Updates /scripts.
• updatefrontpage - Updates FrontPage
• updatemysqlquota -
• updatenow - Updates /scripts NOW.
• updatephpconf - Updates PHP configuration files.
• whoowns - Finds out who owns a domain.
• wwwacct - Creates an account.
• xaddonreport - Reports the current addon scripts installed.