diff --git a/clean_nginx_sockets.sh b/clean_nginx_sockets.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Run this script whenever nginx doesn't start up due to stale sockets
+rm -f /home/*/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /home/*/var/run/mail.sock /run/nginx.sock /run/nginx/* /var/www/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /var/www/var/run/mail.sock /var/spool/postfix/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock