How can I make changes to my FTP configuration without cPanel overwriting my changes?

Question

How can I make changes to my FTP configuration without cPanel overwriting my changes?

Answer

You will need to create a local configuration file to preserve your changes. If you write to the default configuration, the changes will be overwritten.

Please note the cpanel configuration files only support a subset of directives in the local configuration. Any directives not listed below will be discarded when the configuration is built:

'cpanelanonymousaccessallowed'
'maxinstances'
'timeoutidle'
'tlsciphersuite'
'tlsprotocol'
'tlsrequired'
'tlsoptions'
'showsymlinks'
'factsoptions'
'passiveports'
'masqueradeaddress'
'tcpservicename'
'tcpaccessfiles'

To edit the local configuration template, please follow the following steps:

1. Determine which FTP server you are using. Log in to your server via SSH as the root user and run the following command:

   grep FTP server /var/cpanel/cpanel.config

2. The result will be one of the following:

   ftpserver=proftpd

   ftpserver=pure-ftpd

3. If you are using ProFTP, create a file at the following path with your text editor of choice, and create your configuration options within it:

   /var/cpanel/conf/proftpd/local

   If you are using Pure-FTP, create the following file instead:

   /var/cpanel/conf/pureftpd/local

4. Save the changes to the configuration file. If you are using Pro-FTP, run the following command to set up the FTP configuration:

   /scripts/setupftpserver proftpd --force

   If you are using Pure-FTP, run this instead:

   /scripts/setupftpserver pure-ftpd --force

Additional Information

How to Edit FTP Server Configuration from the Command Line