How to enable Jailed Shell for a cPanel user

Introduction

Jailed Shell prevents users from accessing or listing files and directories in other users’ home directories on the server. Follow the procedure below to enable Jailed Shell for a cPanel user.

Procedure

1. Log in to WHM.
2. Navigate to Manage Shell Access.
3. Enable Jailed Shell for a cPanel user by selecting the circle to the far right of the user, under the Jailed Shell column.

Further information on Jailed Shell can be found in our VirtFS Jailed Shell documentation here.