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HostGator Technical Flashcards
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Graduate
01/18/2011

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Term
What is one of the primary issues a technician will encounter?
Definition
Bad Permissions
Term
Three primary ways to change the permissions of your files:
Definition
1)File Manager
2)FTP
3)SSH or Script
Term
All folders and executable files must have permissions of ____
Definition
755
Term
All files besides folders and executables, like .html files and pictures will need permissions of ____
Definition
644
Term
A problematic permission on our servers is 777. When a file is set to this, then the file is writable by ____ and ____
Definition
1)Group
2)World
Term
What department must handle situations involving a file with permissions of 000?
Definition
Security
Term
On our servers, we have a special PHP security environment called ____
Definition
SuPHP
Term
SuPHP creates a security environment that prevents the loading of any PHP file with permissions that grant ____ and ____
Definition
1)Group
2)World
Term
Does PHP run as CGI or Apache on shared servers?
Definition
CGI
Term
Instead of loading the PHP file, the customer will receive a _____
Definition
ISE, or internal server error
Term
Another reason for a 500 error is due to invalid ____ in the ______
Definition
1)code
2).htaccess
Term
Code inside the ______ can also cause a ____ error, but that code is usually intentional.
Definition
1).htaccess
2)403
Term
Writing code in the .htaccess file is how many ______ _____ make changes.
Definition
1)cPanel Tools
Term
When using ___ ______ to make .htaccess changes, you must watch for lines of code which are not on their own line
Definition
Code Editor
Term
What are the known causes of 403 errors?

hint: 6 of them
Definition
1)Bad File permissions
2)No indexing and no index page
3)Mod security rules
4)IP denied
5)wrong password to protected directory
6)Attempting to view a hidden file
Term
What are the known causes of 500 errors?
Definition
1)Bad file mermissions
2)Bad .htaccess coding
3)exceeding processes limit
Term
Extremely heavy traffic will likely cause a user to exceed _____ limit, thus resulting in a _____ error.
Definition
1)process
2)500
Term
When/where does a customer enter his database username and password?
Definition
Where: In the configuration file of a script

When: when the user connects to the database from a remote location
Term
How can a customer reset their database user's password?
Definition
Create new user w/ new password then add user to database
Term
Is it better to reset the password for a database user, or create a new database user?
Definition
Create new database USER! Then assign them to the database.
Term
Does a shared customer have the ability to edit the httpd.conf file, without our help?
Definition
No, they do not have the ability to do so.
Term
What is the better alternative to deleting code in the .htaccess file?
Definition
Comment it out with "#" instead so you don't lose the code, you may need it again!
Term
Where can a customer find the IP address from which they connect to the internet?
Definition
Hostgator.com/ip.html
Term
Where do you advise a customer to make changes to their PHP settings?
Definition
PHP.ini
Term
What advise do you give to a shared hosting customer who has php_flag commands in their .htaccess file?
Definition
We do not allow flags in the .htaccess file. Instead, use php.ini instead.
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