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We previously explained how to change forgotten WordPress passwords via phpMyAdmin. However, we have prepared a script that makes password changing easier.

The system automatically finds the MySQL credentials from wp-config.php and updates the password.

Click to download the file.

Extract the downloaded file from the archive, upload it via FTP to the directory where WordPress is installed, and access the file from your browser.

Example: http://www.siteaddress.com/changepassword.php

Select the user whose password you want to change, set a new password, and click the Update button.

The password will be updated and you will be automatically redirected to the WordPress login page.

One of the most common situations in the WordPress content management system is forgetting the user login password.

Normally, if you have entered an email address in your WordPress user profile, you can reset your password via email using the “Forgot password” option.

However, if the php mail() function is disabled on the server and you are not using SMTP mail, you will receive a warning like:

Email could not be sent.

Possible reason: your service provider may have blocked the mail() function.

In such a case, you can change the admin login password through phpMyAdmin.

First, log in to phpMyAdmin and select the database used by the WordPress site whose password you want to reset.

Enter the wp_users table in the database.

We will work in the user_pass column. The login password in this table is stored in MD5 format. Therefore, we need to enter our new password in MD5 format as well.

Generate your new password in MD5 format from this address.

For example, for the password 123456, the output will look like $1$gAWzXsJ0$rmE8dbHfx7OnHJpC4m09h0. Copy this and paste it into the user_pass column.

You can now log in to the WordPress admin panel with the password 123456. If you set a simple password, remember to change it again after logging in.

The Özgür Web Günleri conference, of which we are a booth sponsor, will be held at Istanbul Yeditepe University. Özgür Web Günleri, the meeting place for everyone interested in web technologies and open source software in Turkey, will take place on December 5-6, 2014. We will be at our booth waiting to meet everyone attending the event.

Attendance is free. For more information and details, click: http://www.ozgurwebgunleri.org.tr/2014/

Dear Customers,

Due to the recent increase in exchange rates, it has become necessary to make changes to prices for services sourced from abroad. Accordingly, domain name prices have been updated as of August 28, 2015. You can view the updated prices on our domain name page.

This price change is entirely dependent on exchange rates, and we respectfully inform you that any possible decrease in exchange rates will be reflected in the same way.

General Manager
Osman Makal

Dear Customers,

As of August 6, 2014, the domain registrar will continue to provide the domain name user information hiding (Privacy Protection) service, which was previously offered for free, on a paid basis. Therefore, customers who wish to hide their Whois information will be charged $5.90 per domain name.

For your information.

Dear Customers,

Due to the recent increase in exchange rates, it has become necessary to make changes to prices for foreign-sourced software and services. Accordingly, domain name and software license prices will be increased as of February 13, 2015. You can view the updated prices on our domain name page and licensing page.

This price change is entirely dependent on exchange rates, and we respectfully inform you that any possible decrease in exchange rates will be reflected in the same way.

General Manager
Osman Makal

The “Introduction to Ansible” event, supported by our company at Denizli HackerSpace, will be organized on November 29, 2014, presented by Netinternet CTO Volkan ORANSOY.

Ansible is an open source configuration and server management tool. It allows you to effortlessly manage system configuration, software deployment, and other advanced IT tasks. The “Introduction to Ansible” event to be held at Denizli Hackerspace is supported by Ansible. Stickers and t-shirts are provided by Ansible; tea and coffee by Denizli Hackerspace. Participants need to have a virtual Ubuntu on their laptops to participate in the hands-on exercises.

For more information about Ansible: http://www.ansible.com/

For more information about Denizli Hackerspace: http://www.denizlihs.org/

Attendance: http://www.meetup.com/Denizli-Hackerspace-Meetup-Group/events/218612892/

One of the biggest problems for web hosting companies is attacks from random sources. DoS and DDoS are currently a major problem for both web hosting companies and the internet in general. One software that does not provide a definitive solution but can be a temporary fix against so-called “lamer” attackers is mod_qos. Remember, better protection requires more professional solutions. This software is still quite new and has a long way to go, but we found it to be effective in our tests. We will measure its performance with more detailed tests and share with you. If you want to install and try it yourself, here is a quick “howto”. Do not forget to share your test results with us. This installation was tested on a server with Centos5, WHM 11.23.2, and Apache 2.2.8.

First, we install the pcre packages that are generally not found on cPanel servers but required by this software.

yum -y install pcre pcre-devel

Download the source code, extract the archive and enter the directory:

wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mod-qos/mod_qos-7.4-src.tar.gz

tar zxvf mod_qos-7.4-src.tar.gz

cd mod_qos-7.4/apache2/

Compile the modules with apxs and add to Apache configuration:

/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -I/usr/include/pcre/ -iac mod_qos.c

/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -I/usr/include/pcre/ -iac mod_qos_control.c

Now compile the tools used by mod_qos — qslog and qsfilter2. Qslog creates statistics by analyzing apache access_logs. Qsfilter2 is a tool that analyzes access logs and creates rules to block suspicious requests.

cd ../tools/

make

cp qslog /usr/local/bin/

cd qsfilter/

nano Makefile

In this section, we need to modify the Makefile content. The default Apache source code path is different from cPanel servers. Therefore, replace all “../../httpd” paths in the Makefile with “/home/cpeasyapache/src/httpd-2.2.8/”. This may vary depending on your installation.

make

cp qsfilter2 /usr/local/bin

cd /usr/local/apache/conf

nano qos.conf

The qos.conf file we created will be the configuration file for mod_qos settings. There are many configuration options, but we will use the simplest settings. Briefly, we will accept a maximum of 10 connections from a source IP and limit the total request limit to 100 per virtual host. Remember, the configuration of each server will change depending on its hit profile.

QSC_WorkingDirectory    /var/tmp/qosc

QSC_Filter2Binary       /usr/local/bin/qsfilter2

QS_SrvMaxConnPerIP      10

QS_LocRequestLimitDefault       100

<Location /qos>

SetHandler qos-viewer

</Location>

Save and exit, then create the folder where mod_qos temporary files will be saved:

mkdir -p /var/tmp/qosc

chown nobody:nobody /var/tmp/qosc

Finally, add qos.conf to our configuration file with Include and restart the service:

nano httpd.conf

Add the following line where Include directives are:

Include “/usr/local/apache/conf/qos.conf”

service httpd restart

You can access a page with information about mod_qos operation at http://your_ip_address/qos. I recommend keeping this open only in a test environment. When finished, remove the <Location /qos> directives from qos.conf.

For more detailed settings, visit http://mod-qos.sourceforge.net/

Caution! Use it on your own risk! :D

We are joining the competition in the world data center market! 100 Mbit unlimited (unmetered), unshared traffic at much more affordable prices at Netinternet! Here are the details of our Unlimited Traffic service, which will be offered in two different options:

Unlimited Traffic: Customers who receive server rental service within the campaign can switch to the “Unlimited Traffic” package with an additional payment of 39 TL + VAT, while customers with quota-based hosting can switch with an additional 59 TL + VAT. In this service, the limit is based on fair use policy. Customers will not pay overage fees, the line remains at 100Mbit until 10 TB of traffic is used in a month, and after 10 TB, the line is limited to 10Mbit until the beginning of the next month without interruption or additional charges.

Unlimited Plus: This package can only be used with dedicated servers and allows continuous 100 Mbit unlimited line usage without any fair use quota. You can switch to the “Unlimited Plus” package by paying an additional 189 TL + VAT on top of your rental tariff.

All customers who have purchased additional traffic quota can contact our customer representative now to change their tariff and enjoy “100 Mbit Unlimited Traffic” at more affordable prices.

Our innovations will continue in 2014.