Change FTP and cPanel passwords only (not database)

mndoug

• February 17, 2016 06:53

Older versions of Cpanel allowed you to change the FTP and Cpanel without affecting the database. Which was ideal as we want to protect our server and files, yet not have to go into config files and amend the pw each time... Is there a workaround, or is this now in a different place? I have Cpanel and WHM access.

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  24x7server

  • February 17, 2016 12:48

  Hello :), Are you using cPanel user name in your site mysql configuration file ? I will suggest you please create new mysql user and update your site configuration so that you will not face such issues.

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  mndoug

  • February 17, 2016 14:41

  So, there is no way to change the cpanel and ftp, but leave the databases in tact?

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 17, 2016 17:00

  Hello :) The databases and MySQL user passwords are not changed, but yes, the MySQL password associated with the cPanel username is automatically altered. You can change it to the original password via the "MySQL User Password" option: Change MySQL User Password - Documentation - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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  mndoug

  • February 18, 2016 07:06

  There used to be an option to change the passwords but leave the database password... is this no longer a feature?

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 18, 2016 13:55

  There used to be an option to change the passwords but leave the database password... is this no longer a feature?

  
  It's still a feature, but the option is only available if the user has a ".my.cnf" file in their home directory. EX:
  /home/$user/.my.cnf
  You can create this file as the user if you prefer to make this option available. Thank you.

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