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Using Yum to install packages for my user only

I would like to be able to install packages by using a package manager (Yum is available on my server), but I don't have root access. I don't technically need root access, I just want the packages to be installed in my home directory. Is there any…
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How does shared hosting work?

Ive always wonder how its possible to host many websites on one server. For example dreamhost can have 100+ pages hosted on one server, how is this abstracted? Does it have 1 ip for every webpage hosted?
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Resolve email delivery issue on "From and EnvelopeFrom 2nd level mail domains are different". Is this a hosting provider issue?

We send email from our main domain "vocalsound.org". It is delivered through our hosting provider, which however sends it through a shared mailserver hosted on their generic domain (webland.ch). This is getting to be a problem, since "From and…
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Can't access my websites from my IP in different operating systems

I use my internet connection via a typically installed Win10 home / Apple Iphone (iOS) with different browsers. The operating systems and browsers are all up to date. I host two WordPress websites on a CentOS shared-server environment at…
user529857
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How can I stop my email being blocked as spam?

I have my own small company that deals with big corporate customers. Many of these, plus others, have told me my email keeps going to their junk folders. I have my domain DNS hosted on a shared reseller server (Hostgator) where my web site is…
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Disable SSH login via password on a per-user basis?

I’ve asked some web hosting providers (Bluehost and Dreamhost) and they both said that on shared hosting accounts they have no way to disable login via SSH with a password. What this means is that even if we set up SSH keys, logging in without them…
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Permissions on a typical shared Linux web host

I am trying to understand the file permissions on a typical shared Linux web hosting account. I know how to set rwx permissions for the OWNER GROUP and PUBLIC entities of a file or directory. What isn't very clear to me is, typically where would the…
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Unable to install Supervisor on shared hosting

I am trying to install supervisor to keep my jobs running .. this is my first time using it and as far as i understand i should first enter apt-get install supervisor from the terminal. Please note i am using a shared hosting but it provides me an…
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Phabricator installation - change database name prefix

I'm on a shared host and I'm in the process of installing Phabricator. One issue I've come across is created the databases for Phabricator, which want the…
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Can't delete file from web interface of owncloud

I have own instance of own cloud. With latest stable version 6.0.1. If i delete some files from web - after page refresh they are back. If i delete some files from client (1.5.0) under linux, in activity i see this files with action = "301 Moved…
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How to connect to MySQL on shared Host?

I am web developer and i just wonder Why i can't connect to mysql database on almost all my website with command line (all of theme use cpanel) and when i saw that port 3306 is closed !! How could i connect theme with mysql command ? Why mysql port…
user180445
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Install git on server without sudo

I'm trying to install git on a server with a user that does not have root access. I've seen a lot of tutorials that suggest using ./configure, but when I downloaded the latest git zip from github, there was no such file. Apparently it should just…
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How can I find out my hosting server's outbound IP address?

I need to find out my web hosting server's IP address. Its on a shared hosting server and from experience, it's usually not the same as the incoming IP address that you would get by just pinging the domain name. Is there a php script I can run or…
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Error while installing Nodejs on Godaddy Shared Linux Hosting

I am installing Node.js on Godaddy Shared Linux Hosting by connecting to SSH via PuTTy. Getting Errors. I ran 'curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash' command to install nvm. NVM is successfully installed…
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Laravel's project deployment on shared hosting throws error 500

I want to deploy a laravel’s project on a shared hosting (ovh) I have ftp access, and the folder’s architecture of the shared hostings is like this: I have uploaded the laravel’s files to the root folder, and the content of public folder to…
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