How to block FTP access

nesoor

• September 29, 2015 04:54

Hello cPanel members, I hope this is the right section :) I searched on Google but I didn't find a good answer. I want to block FTP access for certain cPanel accounts. Is this possible?

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  Jcats

  • September 29, 2015 13:18

  Hello, Yes it is indeed possible:

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  cPanelMichael

  • September 29, 2015 15:07

  Hello :) Yes, it's possible per the instructions in the document referenced in the previous post. However, you will need root access to make changes to the /etc/ftpusers file. You can ask your hosting provider to make the change for you if you do not have root access to the system. Thank you.

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  nesoor

  • September 29, 2015 17:13

  Hello :) Yes, it's possible per the instructions in the document referenced in the previous post. However, you will need root access to make changes to the /etc/ftpusers file. You can ask your hosting provider to make the change for you if you do not have root access to the system. Thank you.

  
  Hey jcats and Michael, Thanks for your answers, I was exactly searching for this! I put the file "ftpusers" in etc/ and added also the username I wanted to block. Unfortunately the user has still access. I put the file into the main account and the users account, just to be sure. Is the root directory where the following folders are situated: public_html, tmp, mail, logs, etc etc?

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 03, 2015 18:30

  Is the root directory where the following folders are situated: public_html, tmp, mail, logs, etc etc?

  
  Hello :) No, the directory in question is only available with "root" access to the system. You can ask your hosting provider to make the change for you, as you don't have access to do so with a shared hosting account. Thank you.

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