Brute force attacks, spoofing, and sniffing are all possible with FTP data. The protocol has been removed from the product, resulting in a more stable default cPanel & WHM setup as well as more server customization. As a result, in version 11.86 and higher, FTP is disabled by default.
Please see the article below for more detail on this and potential alternatives.
Do you need to add FTP users to your cPanel account, or do you want to allow FTP services for all of your users? The steps to allow FTP access for the server and add users to a cPanel account are detailed below.
Follow the procedure:
Enabling FTP in WHM (For this document we will use Pure-FTPd)
- Log into WHM as root user
Enable FTP user creation and controls for users
- Log into WHM as root user
Put a check in the boxes for FTP Account Manager and FTP Settings.
- Log into WHM
Set the Max FTP accounts to a number you are comfortable with or set to unlimited.
Add FTP user to cPanel account
- Login to cPanel
- Search for the “Files”
- Go for the “FTP Account”
For more information about the FTP Accounts Tool, please refer to the following document.
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