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Anonymous FTP in cPanel

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:01 +0000

The Anonymous FTP function can allow you to have the account accessible via FTP without having to login with a username and a password.

The downside of allowing anonymous users access a certain part of your site via FTP is that they can take advantage of it to find security holes and get control of your site.

You can also set a welcome message that a user will see when logged in to the anonymous FTP account.

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FTP Session Control in cPanel

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:57:16 +0000

The FTP Session Control function will let you see which FTP account is currently active and is being used.

A good use of this feature is when you allow multiple accounts to access parts of your site via FTP. You can monitor which FTP is being used at a certain time.

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Creating FTP Accounts in cPanel

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:55:25 +0000

The FTP account function will allow you to setup an account so you can access your files via FTP. You will need third party FTP programs such as CuteFTP, Filezilla, etc.

An FTP is useful as you can easily access, upload, delete and manipulate your account’s files without logging in to the cPanel.

You can create an ftp account by filling in the form as shown below. You can set which directory the FTP account have access to as well as the disk space allowed for the account.

Below is a list of the FTP accounts that have been setup, you can manage each account. You can delete it, change disk quota and change password.

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Web Disk in cPanel

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:49:26 +0000

The Web Disk function will allow you to drag and drop files to your hosting account.

First, you must create a web disk account by filling up the form as shown below.

You can then access it by clicking on the “Access Web Disk” button as shown below.

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Legacy File Manager in cPanel

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:46:14 +0000

The Legacy File Manager function is the same as the File Manager function, the only difference is its visual look. Legacy File Manager can be seen in Fig.1 below.

It displays the contents of the current folder. You have the option to Upload files, create a new folder or create a new file.

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File Manager in cPanel

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:42:50 +0000

The file manager function lets you access all the files you current have on your account.

Once clicked, you will be redirected to a page listing all your files as shown below.

Explained below are the icons you will find in the file manager:

New file – this will create a blank file in your account.

New Folder – lets you create a new directory in your account.

Copy – allows you to copy a file into another folder.

Move File – lets you transfer a file from one folder to another.

Upload - allows you to upload files from your PC directly to your file manager.

Download – lets you download a file in your hosting account.

Delete - deletes a file

Rename - lets you rename a file

Edit/Code Editor – lets you edit file contents/codes

HTML Editor – allows you to edit HTML files only.

Change Permissions – allows you to change a file or a folder’s permissions. To learn more about permissions, visit http://www.elated.com/articles/understanding-permissions/

View – lets you view the contents of a file

Extract - lets you extract zip files directly from the file manager

Compress - lets you create a zip file of file/s you select directly from the file manager.

Backup Wizard in cPanel

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:35:13 +0000

The Backup Wizard in cPanel is a nifty tool that will guide you on what to do when creating or restoring backup files. This is especially useful if you’re unfamiliar with creating and restoring backups as most steps are automated.

Creating or restoring backups can be done in three steps as shown in the image below.

When creating a backup, you have the option of creating a full backup, or create specific backups

It will then let you decide where to store the backup.

On the other hand, when restoring backups, you will be given the option to select what you want to restore, as shown in the image below.

The resulting page when you select either of the three will be an upload form wherein you can select the backup files from your computer.

Backups in cPanel

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:08:02 +0000

The backup function allows you to backup, restore and download all your files and databases. It is advisable to backup your files at least once a day so that when your hosts’ servers crashed, you will have an available backup that you can restore.

Clicking on the backups icon, you will get redirected to a page wherein you can generate a full website backup, which includes all the files and databases, email accounts, stats, etc.

You also have the option to download only specific parts (files only, database only, etc). Downloading Home Directory will let you save a copy of all files that are under your account.

Downloading databases will let you save a copy of your database. If you have multiple database in your account, you will need to download each one.

You also have the option to restore individual backups as shown below. If your have backup files of the home directory, you can use the “Restore a Home Directory Backup” upload function. If you want to restore a database, use the Restore a MySQL Database upload function.

Email Authentication in cPanel

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:47:48 +0000

Email authentication lets you choose which system will authenticate that the email messages being sent is actually coming from your server. Enabling this will help prevent the spread of spam.

Both of the methods below work to prevent forged mail from going in and out of your server. The great benefit of enabling these methods is to prevent mail from looking like it is coming from your domain(s).

When enabled, these methods should reduce the amount of bounce messages or unwanted emails received when spammers “spoof” one or more of your email addresses.

There are two types of authentication system, DomainKeys and SPF. Domainkeys, which is disabled by default, checks incoming mail of the server it came from. This allows tracking of abusive messages quite easily. SPF, which is enabled by default, on the other hand, specifies which machines are authorized to send email from your domain. This means that only mail sent through this server will appear as valid mail from your domain.

With SPF you can configure some of the settings as below:

Additional Hosts that send mail for your domains (A) – All the hosts you specify here will be approved for sending mail. You do not need to specify your primary mail exchanger or any server that an mx has been created for as they are already included automatically.

Additional MX servers for your domains (MX) – All the mx entries for every domain you specify here will be approved for sending mail.

Additional Ip blocks for your domains (IP4) – All the ip blocks you specify here will be approved for sending mail. Blocks should be specified in CIDR format (ie 127.0.0.1/32). The main server interface ip cannot be removed from this list if it is present. The following ip is the main server interface ip: 174.132.157.66

Include List (INCLUDE) – The SPF settings for all hosts your specify in this list will be included with your SPF settings. This is useful if you will be sending mail though another service (ex. mac.com, comcast.com, etc).

All Entry (ALL): If you are sure you have entered all hosts (your primary mail exchanger and any other mx entries are automatically included) that will send mail for your domain, check this box to exclude all other domains.

Overwrite Existing Entries – If you select this option all existing SPF records will be overwritten for all your domains with these selections.

Import Addresses and Forwarders in cPanel

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:41:49 +0000

The import addresses/forwarders lets you import an email address list you have either in CSV or excel format. This will save you lots of time when you need to re-create a long list of email accounts and forwarder settings.

When making an import, you have to specify if you will be importing email accounts or forwarders. You will then locate the file from your computer, as shown in step 2 and select what delimeter is used in the file.

It will then show you the data of the file that you are about to import.

After importing, you will see a list of email addresses and their corresponding password.

When an import has been completed, you will see an “Import Complete” message as shown below.