CPanel Root Login
May 28, 2009Is it possible to disable direct root login on Cpanel servers?
if yes, please how.
If not, what would be the best to do to secure 'root' account.
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hen@xx.xx.xx.xx's password:
Last login:
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Password:
su: incorrect password
I verified that root password is correct, but no matter how many times I tried, I can't su in
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Disable Direct Root Login
May 16, 2007I tried to disable direct root login but had to struggle to find step-by-step instructions and have written the steps one needs to follow to disable direct root login.
This is an additional security measure where we prevent direct root logins and instead create a user to login and then use a command ‘su –‘ to gain root privileges.
The only risk in this procedure is that you may prevent root login but forget to add the user to the wheel group - effectively locking yourself out of the system.
Follow the steps below and you will not face a problem.
STEP 1: Let us create a user and add it to the wheel group.
For e.g. we want to create a user neonix and give him root privileges.
SSH into your server as root and follow the below commands to create a user.
groupadd neonix
useradd neonix –gneonix
passwd neonix
enteryouruserpasswordhere
verifyyouruserpasswordhere
// Please note -g in the second line
// You can replace neonix with any username of your choice.
STEP 2: Add user to wheel group.
Use your browser to Login to your WHM panel and click on Manage Wheel Group Users.
You will see the user you just added (neonix). Select the user and click ‘Add to group’.
You will see that the user has been added –
Users Currently in the wheel group root,neonix
You have successfully added a user to the 'wheel' group who will be able to 'su -' to root.
LOGOUT OF SSH
Before we disable root login, let us check if the user can login and su – to gain root privileges.
SSH into your server as 'neonix'
Login as: neonix
Password : enteryouruserpasswordhere
su –
password: enter root password here
You have successfully logged in and have root privileges. Now let us disable root login.
STEP 3: Disable Direct Root Login
(The below steps are from webhostgear.com)
1. Copy and paste this line to edit the file for SSH logins
pico -w /etc/ssh/sshd_config
2. Find the line
Protocol 2, 1
3. Uncomment it (Remove #) and change it to look like
Protocol 2
4. Next, find the line
PermitRootLogin yes
5. Uncomment it (Remove #) and make it look like PermitRootLogin no
6. Save the file Ctrl+X then Y then enter
7. Now you can restart SSH
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart
Now, no one will be able to login to root with out first logging in as 'neonix' and 'su -' to root, and you will be forcing the use of a more secure protocol.
Just make sure you remember both passwords!
SSH Keys & Direct Root Login Disabled
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/etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables stop
then the logins work successfully
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They can view all websites on the server even theirs, but they cannot login.
They keep getting: Firefox cannot establish a connection with the server.
Even in IE they get a error message.
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>myip:2086
>myip:2087
>myip:2082
>myip:2083
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====================================================================
121.246.209.2 - threesom [04/20/2008:07:08:36 -0000] "GET /frontend/x2/index.html HTTP/1.1" 404 0 [url]
(compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
====================================================================
Cpanel Login Script
Jul 16, 2007I am struggling to find the best cpanel login script, mixed with modernbill (5)
cpanel
whm
webmail
modernbill (5x)
I found this (w/o MB)
[url]
However, trying this I get this error
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/user/public_html/login.php:1) in /home/user/public_html/login.php on line 37