Plesk - DNS (BIND)

You do not say what version of Plesk you are running on what kind of Linux.
Generally, this should do the trick though:

1.) From the panel:
-login to Plesk
-select Virtuozzo > System Services
-now select the "named" service
-click "Stop", then disable Autostart

2.) From the root shell:
-type
/etc/init.d/named stop
chmod 644 /etc/init.d/named

Run from command line: dnsmng --named-disable

Plesk version      9.0.0
Operating system      Linux 2.6.9-023stab048.4-smp
CPU      GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Xeon(R)CPU E5335 @ 2.00GHz

Sorry about that.
I'll give it a go guys, let you know my results.  I will try ai ja nai first, since his seems quickest.

Thanks!

From my mac (home) I went to Terminal window and access my site via root@whatever

I tried this below:

2.) From the root shell:
-type
/etc/init.d/named stop
chmod 644 /etc/init.d/named

[root@02c1~]# /etc/init.d/named stop
Stopping named:                                       [  OK  ]
[root@02c1~]# chmod 644 /etc/init.d/named
[root@02c1 ~]#

This is what turned up.  Now I went back into McAfee and am re-running their script scan.

I will let you know how it turns out.

I seem to be lacking the savvy'ness approach for running from a command line ... Just for future reference, how do I access the command line via Plesk/Virtuozzo?

Thanks.

Hi again,

2.) From the root shell:
-type
/etc/init.d/named stop
chmod 644 /etc/init.d/named

This caused my sub domain (oscommerce) to not load: error:
Unknown MySQL Server Host

So i re-started it. and reset the chmod to 755

QUOTE
ai_ja_nai:
Run from command line: dnsmng --named-disable

Will this have the same effect as what torimar said?

I am going to try:
1.) From the panel:

Since I don't know how to access my command line -- which is probably EXTREMELY simple, but I am not savvy with the lingo, is this the same as root (which I access through putty on my PC?)  else please advise.

Thanks.

The "command line" is basically the same as the root shell, but the command given by ai_ja_nai will most likely not work, as it is is for Plesk for Windows, not Plesk for Linux.

The command I suggested obviously worked because it disabled your DNS. But now your website cannot be found - which means: there is no other DNS server taking care of your site, so you simply should keep your own server running, not disable it.

The real question here seems to be: Why do you wish to disable your DNS server, and what does McAfee have to do with this??

Unless your site is registered with some other DNS server (like that of the provider of your VPS), you will need your own server up and running. And McAfee is not a firm known for their competence in Linux and Server security - in fact, I don't even trust them for Windows security. So I assume the fault may very well lie in a false alarm given by their "script scan".

Very interesting.

I found that your solution actually worked!  I received my badge back.

I ran the script after I turned off the named server.

I lied to you, my Subdomain works, it is not even that.  This is the catch, my main site works fine when I stop named.  productionsite.com works fine. Just, i have a oscommerce running on my site as well, called productionsite/catalog.com.  This uses a separate database called productionsite_shop.  However, my productionsite: www.productionsite.com and my subdomain site development.production.com both have seperate databases and both work fine.

It is the mysql error confuses me:

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Unknown MySQL server host 'productionsite.com' (2) in /var/www/vhosts/productionsite.com/httpdocs/catalog/includes/functions/database.php on line 19
Unable to connect to database server!

It seems the error is, that the database is no longer accessible.  But I don't see why?  If I have a subdomain still able to call on a seperate database, why would oscommerce not be able to call its specific database?  I am also curious to why there is a (2) in brackets in the error?

Thank-you very much.

So for trouble shooting, I attempted to just type in:

www.productionsite/catalog.com -- error

http://productionsite/catalog.com -- error

I didn't install the application via application vault in Plesk, I simply uploaded via FTP myself and installed it.

I truly appreciate your assistance, it has been very helpful.  I think now I will attempt to see what the configuration.php file is set to, and also try some other trouble shooting techniques.

I'll post the answer when I figure it out.  Thank-you again!

Thank-you torimar!  Your expertise is greatly appreciated.  Your knowledge is extremely accurate and you have been very kind in taking time to assist me.

Have yourself a great week.

Jonathon.

I wish you good luck in your further troubleshooting.

You should take note of the fact, however, that both domain names you refer to above are no valid domain names. Slashes inside domain names are illegal characters.

www.productionsite.com/catalog is legal,
www.productionsite/catalog.com is illegal and will never work, nor will http://productionsite/catalog.com.

(When I first saw this in one of your posts above, I thought it was just a typing error, so I did not comment on it.)

oops it was a typo.
Thank-you.  I was just retyping after, and wasn't attention, thank-you very much my bad.

http://www.productionsite.com/catalog
http://productionsite.com/catalog

I am going to post my Q's here and see if we have an oscommerce pro on hand.

Thanks.

Solution.

oscommerce

catalog/includes/configure.php

change:
define('DB_SERVER', 'productionsite.com');

to:
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');

As thought this was a very simple solution.

Thanks!