[cPanel-News] Important Notice about MySQL and Automated Process Killers with cPanel 11.24

[Eric Gregory]

Please ensure to read the following message carefully as there is  
important information about MySQL and Automated process killers in  
relation to the cPanel 11.24 upgrade.

MySQL Root Password
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With cPanel 11.24 now available, it is imperative to ensure that you  
have set your MySQL root password before upgrading to the latest  
version of cPanel. If you have previously skipped this step, you can  
set it now using the "MySQL Root Password" function in WebHost  
Manager. Failure to set a MySQL root password may cause database  
corruption on systems running MySQL 4.1 with InnoDB tables. Please set  
your MySQL root password as soon as possible to avoid any issues.  
Machines without a MySQL root password set allow access to any  
database by any user so it is imperative that a password is set as  
soon as possible.


If you have moved /root
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If you have set root's home directory to something other than /root,  
you will need to copy .my.cnf from root's home directory to /root/ 
my.cnf. In the future, this process will be automated.


Automated process killers
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If you have a system in place that automatically kills processes  
taking up a lot of CPU time, you should disable them before running  
the cPanel update as the size of the update has triggered many of  
these systems. These process killers will kill updates or related  
process in the middle of the process and cause issues. If you have a  
failed update, you can force a re-update by running /scripts/upcp -- 
force

If you have already updated to cPanel 11.24 and experienced this  
problem please open a ticket at https://tickets.cpanel.net/submit/

Thank You,
Eric Gregory
cPanel, Inc.
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