Most recent edit on 2007-07-10 10:51:28 by AndrewBoring

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That's because your Cpanel license is tied to the hostname on your server. Be careful if you change the hostname.

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That's because your Cpanel license is tied to the hostname on your server. Be careful if you change the hostname.

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Edited on 2007-07-10 10:51:13 by AndrewBoring

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You may have changed the hostname on your VPS or upgraded Cpanel, and now you get this error when attempting to use WHM or cPanel:
That's because your Cpanel license is tied to the hostname on your server. Be careful if you change the hostname.

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You changed the hostname on your VPS, and now you get this error when attempting to use WHM or cPanel:
That's because your Cpanel license is tied to the hostname on your server. Don't change it indiscriminately.

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Edited on 2007-06-06 15:02:45 by MarciODaffer

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That's because your Cpanel license is tied to the hostname on your server. Don't change it indiscriminately.
Back to Virtual Private Servers

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That's because your Cpanel license is tied to the hostname on your server. Don't change it indiscriminately.
Back to Virtual Private Servers∞

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Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2007-03-06 12:07:22 by AndrewBoring []

How to Fix the "Invalid License File" Error

You changed the hostname on your VPS, and now you get this error when attempting to use WHM or cPanel:

"Invalid License File"

That's because your Cpanel license is tied to the hostname on your server. Don't change it indiscriminately.

To fix this, login via SSH and run the following command:

That will update the license file with the new hostname.


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