March 2021

How to troubleshoot a "Not authorized to perform operation" error message when automatically mounting flash drives and other external USB storage devices

botond published 2021/03/30, k - 23:56 time
When you connect an external USB drive or flash drive to your machine, the Linux system will automatically mount its file system for the appropriate user. However, this automatic mount may fail for some reason and you will get a small window with an "Not authorized to perform operation" error message.

How to deal with "Possible attack detected. This action has been logged." error message in our ISPConfig control panel

botond published 2021/03/23, k - 09:19 time
ISPConfig uses a variety of protection systems to keep it secure, including IDS (Intrusion Detection System) technology. However, this setting may be too sensitive and disable us from the control panel as well. In this little troubleshooter, we'll see what we can do if our ISPConfig control panel doesn't allow us, but instead gets a "Possible attack detected. This action has been logged." error message.

What if our Sury.org repository is not updated due to a GPG signing error on our Debian server?

botond published March 2021, 03, Thu - 18:08 time
If you are using custom PHP versions on your Debian server that are updated via the Sury.org repository, you have previously configured this repository, which was still working before, and APT upgraded the packages without any problems. However, an update may cause an error in the package manager and you may not be able to access the latest packages. We will remedy this problem in this short troubleshooter.

Download the perfect server: Debian 10 (Buster) v1.1

botond published 2021/03/06, Sat - 18:46 time
The download page contains a summary of the contents of the newer version of Debian 10 (Buster) Perfect Server (1.1), screenshots, and a download of the VirtualBox image file.

How to automatically clean PHP session files left in the tmp directories of web accounts in an ISPConfig server environment

botond published March 2021, 03, Thu - 04:11 time
PHP sessions are global variables that transmit data stored during web visits across multiple pages, i.e., they are not lost when moving from one page to another. PHP accomplishes this by assigning unique IDs to visits (sessions) and creating files in the server-side file structure associated with those IDs in which it stores the data required for the session. The system places these files in a specific directory, usually tmp, which is normally deleted by the garbage collector after a specified time. However, the situation is sometimes not so obvious. This is because if the PHP environment on the server changes, the garbage collector may not be able to delete these obsolete, unnecessary session files. In this description, we will look at how we can use our own solution to ensure that these session files are deleted when the default cleaning system cannot remove them.