Quick scenario: you get a dedicated server and should be offered say a P4 with 1GB RAM all for your own use.<br /><br />1. How do you check the processor/mem specs? Can you do this via the WHM?<br /><br />2. How can you make sure that nobody else is being put on your server (via WHM)?

1. Yes, you can view server specifics in WHM.<br /><br />2. Make sure you've got root access, and not a reseller account. With a root WHM login you'll see all the accounts on the server. You also can look in /home and see if there are any other accounts there.

Thanks, Josh! Will give it a shot tomorrow when the new server arrives. How specific can the details be? Will I be able to verify that the ram is EEC memory and that the HDD is a fast 7200 RPM drive? Or are we talking basic specs just like when you load up Windows on a home PC?

Example:<br />[]<br />Processor #1 Vendor: GenuineIntel<br />Processor #1 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.66GHz<br />Processor #1 speed: 2666.787 MHz<br />Processor #1 cache size: 512 KB<br /><br />Processor #2 Vendor: GenuineIntel<br />Processor #2 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.66GHz<br />Processor #2 speed: 2666.787 MHz<br />Processor #2 cache size: 512 KB<br /><br />Processor #3 Vendor: GenuineIntel<br />Processor #3 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.66GHz<br />Processor #3 speed: 2666.787 MHz<br />Processor #3 cache size: 512 KB<br /><br />Processor #4 Vendor: GenuineIntel<br />Processor #4 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.66GHz<br />Processor #4 speed: 2666.787 MHz<br />Processor #4 cache size: 512 KB<br /><br />Memory: 1031644k/1048512k available (1619k kernel code, 16480k reserved, 1195k data, 168k init, 131008k highmem)<br /><br />hda: ST3120022A, ATA DISK drive<br />hdb: ST3120022A, ATA DISK drive<br />hdc: SONY CD-ROM CDU5212, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive<br />hda: attached ide-disk driver.<br />hda: host protected area => 1<br />hda: 234441648 sectors (120034 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=14593/255/63, UDMA(100)<br />hdb: attached ide-disk driver.<br />hdb: host protected area => 1<br />hdb: 234441648 sectors (120034 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=14593/255/63, UDMA(100)<br /><br /> total used free shared buffers cached<br />Mem: 1031976 949708 82268 0 101416 423396<br />-/+ buffers/cache: 424896 607080<br />Swap: 2048276 14716 2033560<br />Total: 3080252 964424 2115828<br /><br />[/]

Processor #1 Vendor: GenuineIntel<br />Processor #1 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz<br />Processor #1 speed: 2400.144 MHz<br />Processor #1 cache size: 512 KB<br /><br />Processor #2 Vendor: GenuineIntel<br />Processor #2 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz<br />Processor #2 speed: 2400.144 MHz<br />Processor #2 cache size: 512 KB<br /><br />Processor #3 Vendor: GenuineIntel<br />Processor #3 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz<br />Processor #3 speed: 2400.144 MHz<br />Processor #3 cache size: 512 KB<br /><br />Processor #4 Vendor: GenuineIntel<br />Processor #4 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz<br />Processor #4 speed: 2400.144 MHz<br />Processor #4 cache size: 512 KB<br /><br />Memory InformationMemory: 1032904k/1048512k available (1852k kernel code, 15220k reserved, 378k data, 316k init, 131008k highmem)<br /><br />OK, seems to work fine. How do I check /home though? Can this be done using WHM?

No you'll have to go in via ssh as root. <br /><br />Then type<br /><br />cd /home<br /><br /><br />then type <br /><br />ls<br /><br />There shouldn't be any accounts in there that you don't have in WHM.