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Very cool! Thanks TCH!

I just visited http://borfast.com/ with both IE6.x and FF1.07 - the same page came up - here's the first 20 or so lines of text from the page I viewed in both browsers: borfast.com is my home on the web. This is where I'll keep my projects, my blog, my photos of UFOs and alien life forms, the usual top secret US government experiments and, occasionally, some useful stuff. This site is also a constant experiment, since I use it to increase my knowledge about web programming - meaning that if sometimes you see broken links and stuff that doesn't work, it's probably because I'm playing around Enjoy your stay. Tue, 27/12/2005 - 18:03 Mr. Jones Submitted by borfast on Tue, 27/12/2005 - 18:03. Posted in | read more | 49 reads » Mr. Jones will be a role-playing game which intends to recreate the spirit and feel of Sierra's classic "Jones In The Fast Lane", with some possible new features, such as a multiplayer mode and a cartoon-like style. John

I agree with TCH-Bruce - try UFM - it's the best I've found.

I read your original email and did read it as the TCH folks read it. I'm glad to read this post - it's a bit more on the reasonable side. As to the bored hackers - I think too many people believe that most hackers are "script kiddies" with too much time on their hands. There are quite a lot of those, but the worst kind are the criminal ilk - such as hijacked your site. This was no accident, no random happening. Your site was compromised by criminal elements who prowl the internet looking for easy pickings. For $4.00/month I'm with the head man - it's my responsibility to keep my site secure and clean. Your unfortunate loss is a message to us all - they're out there, they want your site, your machine, your account! Good luck to you!

Just needed to say Well Done to Groovyfish for his outstanding (and extremely patient ) assistance to acsteve. I didn't see this thread until today, but can attest to the fact that Dreamweaver's site setup panels are NOT intuitive, not simple, and the help docs don't help that much at all. Groovyfish did an amazing job. Just another fine example of peer support here!

Changing the $savedir param did the trick. Thank you so much for responding. I was pretty sure it was something I had messed up - sure 'nuff! Thanks to all -

it doesn't seem to matter, believe it or not, whether I use '/home/stblogs/' or '/home/stblogs/backups/' - the file is written to the root of /home and permission 600 Running with '/home/stblogs/backup/' and using 'x2' as the theme name the job doesn't seem to do anything - I get no email regarding failure or success. and thanks to all for responding . . .

I took 'bluelagoon' from the URL I use to access cpanel: http://65.254.50.74:2082/frontend/bluelagoon/index.html I could certainly TRY using 'x2' - ya never know!

Well, here's what my FTP tool's dirinfo cmd reveals: drwxr-xr-x 2 stblogs stblogs 4096 Jul 26 19:06 albums -rwx------ 1 stblogs stblogs 21598 Jul 18 17:28 automysqlbackup.sh -rw------- 1 root wheel 28865662 Sep 18 05:01 backup-9.18.2005_01-00-07_stblogs.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root wheel 30227104 Sep 25 05:02 backup-9.25.2005_01-00-24_stblogs.tar.gz drwxrwxrwx 5 stblogs stblogs 4096 Sep 26 05:00 backups -rw-r--r-- 1 stblogs stblogs 119 Jul 29 21:03 error_log drwxr-x--- 3 stblogs (?) 4096 Jul 17 15:33 etc -rwx------ 1 stblogs stblogs 2284 Sep 13 19:09 fullbackup.php drwx------ 2 stblogs stblogs 4096 Aug 30 13:17 logs drwxrwx--- 3 stblogs (?) 4096 Sep 27 01:10 mail drwxr-x--- 3 stblogs stblogs 4096 Jan 24 2005 public_ftp drwxr-x--- 13 stblogs (?) 4096 Sep 26 01:32 public_html -rwxr--r-- 1 stblogs stblogs 27 Feb 16 2005 robots.txt drwx------ 6 stblogs stblogs 4096 Jan 26 2005 tmp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root (?) 11 Jan 24 2005 www -> public_html here's the script: <?php // PHP script to allow periodic cPanel backups automatically. // Based on script posted by max.hedroom in cpanel.net forums // This script contains passwords. KEEP ACCESS TO THIS FILE SECURE! // ********* THE FOLLOWING ITEMS NEED TO BE CONFIGURED ********* // Info required for cPanel access $cpuser = "********"; // Username used to login to CPanel $cppass = "********"; // Password used to login to CPanel $domain = "stblogsparish.com"; // Domain name where CPanel is run $skin = "bluelagoon"; // Set to cPanel skin you use (script won't work if it doesn't match) // Info required for saving locally $savedir = "/home/stblogs/"; //Save to this directory // Info required for FTP host $ftpuser = "********"; // Username for FTP account $ftppass = "********"; // Password for FTP account $ftphost = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"; // Full hostname or IP address for FTP host $ftpmode = "ftp"; // FTP mode ("ftp" for active, "passiveftp" for passive) // Notification information $notifyemail = "myemailaddresshere"; // Email address to send results // Secure or non-secure mode $secure = 0; // Set to 1 for SSL (requires SSL support), otherwise will use standard HTTP // Set to 1 to have web page result appear in your cron log $debug = 0; // *********** NO CONFIGURATION ITEMS BELOW THIS LINE ********* if ($secure) { $url = "ssl://".$domain; $port = 2083; } else { $url = $domain; $port = 2082; } $socket = fsockopen($url,$port); if (!$socket) { echo "Failed to open socket connection... Bailing out!\n"; exit; } // Encode authentication string $authstr = $cpuser.":".$cppass; $pass = base64_encode($authstr); //$params = "dest=$ftpmode&email=$notifyemail&server=$ftphost&user=$ftpuser&pass=$ftppass&submit=Generate Backup"; $params = "dest=$savedir&email=$notifyemail&user=$ftpuser&pass=$ftppass&submit=Generate Backup"; // Make POST to cPanel fputs($socket,"POST /frontend/".$skin."/backup/dofullbackup.html?".$params." HTTP/1.0\r\n"); fputs($socket,"Host: $domain\r\n"); fputs($socket,"Authorization: Basic $pass\r\n"); fputs($socket,"Connection: Close\r\n"); fputs($socket,"\r\n"); // Grab response even if we don't do anything with it. while (!feof($socket)) { $response = fgets($socket,4096); if ($debug) echo $response; } fclose($socket); ?> and here's the cron command line: 0 01 * * 7 /usr/bin/php /home/stblogs/fullbackup.php Think I need to ticket this or could it be something I'm doing?

I've been using this script for some time now. What I've found is that the files generated by this script are evidently not owned by my account. When they're created they have permissions of 600 and I'm not able to chmod them or to ftp them down to my pc. Anyone have any idea why this would be so? (I'm using my cpanel id/pwd in the script of course). Thanks, John

Yes, he's just adorable! Congratulations! (I'm a new Grandparent also - my grandson was born on 7/25) Isn't it fun!!

Paul, you didn't say - but have you tried rebooting your router? Usually all I do is simply pull the power out, wait a few seconds, and put it back in.

You might try checking for this somewhat obscure problem I ran into with MT/MySql. If your Mysql host is "localhost" you may be running into a "default" setting problem in MySql. The Mysql database contains a table named "user" - if you check that table you might find that there are two rows in that table for the username you're trying to log in as - one row will contain a column for "Host" that will be "localhost", the other row will contain a column for "Host" that will be "%". If this is the case in your database then delete the row containing your username and the "%" "Host" value. Frequently the cause of "access denied" errors is the wildcard "Host" entry in the database is pre-empting the "localhost" "Host" entry! Also: 1) Apologies - I neglected to say WELCOME! 2) TCH-David is right - for troubleshooting the mt-check.cgi doesn't do much for ya. TCH-David is an excellent troubleshooter - I've seen him work minor and major miracles through his forum posts. Remarkable guy.

Thanks TCH-David! That's helpful info. Just trying to understand what I see on the stats page. Thanks again!

I'm also seeing 1 entry under awstats "authenticated users" - I see the url of a website that I never recall visiting myself, nor do I recall seeing it in any other stats. Anyone know if this stat is reliable? Could there be a bug causing it to show something? Or am I just not understanding what that stat is? Here's the info: Authenticated users Authenticated users : 1 Pages Hits Bandwidth Last visit www.gaia-prelude.com/file 1 1 34.61 KB 19 Aug 2005 - 07:02 Other logins (and/or anonymous users) 3823 13314 167.10 MB Thanks

1. URL: Adjutorium Nostrum + In Nomine Domini 2. Site Name: Adjutorium Nostrum + In Nomine Domini 3. A personal weblog 4. Blog, personal Link back to TotalChoice is at the bottom of the right sidebar Thank you!, John

First, is this problem occurring on an account hosted by TotalChoice Hosting? Second, have you successfully run the mt-check.cgi? If so what were the results? John

I'll add my kudos to TCH too. Often, I can resolve my problems or issues simply by doing a search here before I go anywhere else! TCH-David probably deserves a medal for some of the MT help I've seen him pull off! and lastly, Welcome marc2

Nice photos, I agree - the app looks cool. I especially like the idea of simply uploading the images without any of the putzing around with pre-processing them or "creating" the pages etcetc. I think most would say "cool, but it's not free" but I for one am willing to pay for good software (good = useful and usable). Thanks for the info.

Welcome Julie! As you can see TCH-David is really on the ball!

Wouldn't ya know. It's way cooler than what I already have so naturally I want one too! Gee.

We'll look forward to your return and thanks for doing it!

I found TCH while looking through some host comparison sites. The prices were outstanding but it was my glimpse into these forums that convinced me to move. I had tried another host but things kept mysteriously happening to my file system - finally in exasperation I went shopping for a new home. Previous to that I had a room full of computer equipment and hosted my own site. After a few years I decided to divest myself of all that computer stuff and lighten up a bit. I really like it here.

Ya gotta love it. I think what it breaks down to is pretty simple - Google is not charging you to put your own web site info into their search engine.

Welcome Stacy! Have fun and we'll see ya back here I'm sure (I find so many answers to questions here w/o even having to ask!).