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How to Deny FTP Access

Overview

If the /etc/ftpusers file exists on your server, cPanel & WHM denies FTP access to all of the cPanel users in that file.

The /etc/ftpusers file

The /etc/ftpusers file lists of all of the cPanel users for whom to deny FTP access. To deny FTP access to a user, add the username to the file, with one username per line. For example, an /etc/ftpusers file that blocks access to the user1, user2, and user3 users would appear similar to the following example:

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2
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user1
user2
user3