Category Archives: FTP
Custom changes to the FTP server in cPanel are not saving
There used to be a time, where you could just make a change in the pure-ftp or proftp config files, and that would be the end of it. However, later versions of cPanel will now overwrite these custom changes with default settings. If you wish to make custom changes, and not have them overwritten by …
cPanel PureFTPD won’t start
When attempting to restart Pure-FTPD on your server, if you are presented with an error like this: root@cpanel [/var/run]# /scripts/restartsrv_ftpd Waiting for “pureftpd” to restart ………warn [restartsrv_pureftpd] The ‘pureftpd’ service’s PID file ‘/var/run/pure-ftpd.pid’ did not appear after 10 seconds. …Waiting for pure-ftpd,pure-authd to shutdown ….. terminated. warn [restartsrv_pureftpd] The ‘pureftpd’ service’s PID file ‘/var/run/pure-ftpd.pid’ …
How to fix 530 Login authentication failed in Pure-FTP on cPanel
As the error states, the issue is that the user can not authenticate properly. There are 2 common reasons to get this error when making a connection via FTP to a Pure-FTP server on cPanel. Using the wrong username and password Corrupted password database First, the most common reason, is user error. They enter …
Quick tip: Help speed up PureFTPD
In PureFTP, you can help speed up connections by changing the following 2 settings in the pureftpd.conf (/etc/pureftpd.conf on most servers) UseReverseDNS off IdentLookups off Once you have made the change, simply restart PureFTPD on your server, and incoming connections should be quicker.
cPanel/WHM logs and locations
Many times you will run across an issue and are unsure what is happening/happened. cPanel has many logs available to the user, but it’s finding the location of these logs that is important. In this post, we will be talking about cPanel logs, and what is in the logs. You can always use the grep …
How to enable Passive FTP mode on cPanel
If passive mode is not enabled on your FTP server, then a customer who’s trying to use passive mode will timeout when trying to get a directory listing. To enable passive mode on your ftp server on a cPanel server, do the following: Pure-FTP SSH to the server as root (or another user, then su …
How to enable Passive FTP mode on Plesk in Linux
If passive mode is not enabled on your FTP server, then a customer who’s trying to use passive mode will timeout when trying to get a directory listing. To enable passive mode on your ftp server in the Linux flavor of Plesk, do the following. SSH to the server as root Edit the proftpd.conf file. …
Restrict FTP access by IP
You can restrict FTP access by IP through a .ftpaccess file. # # Simple .ftpaccess file to control which IPs # can access this directory structure # Allow 212.32.5.0/26 Allow 158.152.0.0/16 DenyAll # # end # If this method doesn’t work you can also use iptables. However, this is only a valid option if you …
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