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Hosting setup whereby a server is shared among many different customers. When compared to VPS or a dedicated server, this generally means that each customer has less resources available and more restrictions are in effect as to what a customer can do on the server (install software or not, ...).

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Host Primary Domain from a subfolder

I am having a problem making a sub directory act as the public_html for my main domain, and getting a solution that works with that domains sub directories too. My hosting allows me to host multiple sites, which are all working great. I have set up…
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DNS PTR record when domain on shared IP address

I own a typical shared IP hosting plan and domain. I can modify the DNS of the domain from the control panel. The mailserver shares the same IP address, so my typical DNS config is: www.mydomain.com A -> myIP mydomain.com A ->…
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Security of shared hosting

What are some of the security risks involved with using shared hosting services such as godaddy inmotion and fatcow?
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What's the difference between www & public_html folder?

What's the difference between the www & public_html folder on the same server on my shared linux hosting. I've seen data is same on both of these folders. Is one of them just a redirect or is the data getting replicated. What is the purpose of 2…
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Why do hosts prefer Linux to Windows Server?

So far I see a HUGE majority of hosts provide only Linux shared hosting, providing Windows only to VPS (or even to only dedicated servers). Why is it so? While Windows is a lot more expensive than Linux (though it depends on a lot of factors, not…
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Need a helpful/managed VPS to help transition from shared hosting

I am looking for a VPS that can help me transition out of a shared hosting environment. My main OS is Ubuntu, although I am still new to the linux world. I spend most of my day programming PHP applications using a git over SSH workflow. I want PHP,…
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Is hosting my websites and databases with different providers a bad idea?

I'm trying to find a home for three ASP.NET 3.5 websites using three respective SQL Server 2008 databases. I've found one possible solution where I host the websites on a "semi-dedicated" environment with one specific provider. The problem is, the…
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Compare Shared SQL Server vs VPS SQL Server

I'm looking at two different options to host the databases of my websites. 1) I can use the Shared SQL Server 2008 offerings of my host company (plenty of space) instead of installing database software on my webserver. 2) I can install my copy of…
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How did shared hosting providers ensure user isolation before containerization went popular?

Around 2000-2010, shared hosting was extremely popular as a cheap solution (sometimes a few $ / month, or sometimes even free for just a few MB) for people starting blogs, small websites, e.g. using Wordpress. There was usually: just Apache + PHP +…
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How to change web host for my small site with minimal downtime

Company S is a small mom and pop host that can't keep our site running for more than a couple weeks at a time. They have suggested we find a better home. So we are moving our site to CrystalTech for hosting in their shared plans. I have moved the…
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Mail blocked from Windows Server 2016, but not since 2008

Good Morning: I'm running exactly the same script from two different virtual machines: The first in Windows Server 2008 R2 The second in Windows Server 2016 Features The SMTP is an external service of a hosting (BlueHost) The script does not…
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Unison / file syncing between servers without using root account

I have setup 3 servers one with a load balancer and the other 2 will host the websites files and I have a replicated MySQL database on both too. I have installed ispconfig on both and it's set to mirror one of the server and everything is working…
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Apache 2.2 Mod-dav-svn ignores SuexecUserGroup directive

While setting up mod_dav_svn on Apache 2.2.x on shared hosting, I've ran into some trouble. The main problem is that most of the vhosts use their own user/group, websiteX:clientX, and the svn repository files are owned by this user, with just…
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Multi-site hosting security - ensure no scripts can run as Apache user, but only as each website's user

In setting up a hosting environment with multiple sites that should be isolated from each other, I did the obvious step of having PHP be configured so it runs as the user that's associated with each website rather than as the Apache user, but is…
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How to prevent use of `w` and `who` on shared webhosts

We are in the process of setting up a hosting machine that clients will have SSH access to. We don't want them to be able to see a list of user accounts, but the problem we have run into are commands like w and who. We could disable those, but then…
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