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Force (SSL) secure logins in WHM and Cpanel




ramprage

Steve Leggett is the owner of WebHostGear.com and Wave Point Media Inc. He use to run and own his own web hosting company, Tower Host, which was recently sold. Steve now specializes in server administration and web development.

This tutorial will show you how to accomplish https connections when going to servername/whm or /cpanel for those who may still be using the insecure ways to login to WHM and CPanel forcing a secure connection for all users.

Step 1: Backup files
cp /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.insecure

Step 2: Edit the file
pico /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Step 3: Search for the line:
Ctrl+W   then  ScriptAlias /cpanel /usr/local/cpanel/base/redirect.cgi

Step 4: Edit the line to show the following: ScriptAlias /cpanel /usr/local/cpanel/base/sredirect.cgi (simply change the redirect.cgi to sredirect.cgi)

Step 5: Search for the line:
Ctrl+W   then  ScriptAlias /whm /usr/local/cpanel/base/whmredirect.cgi

Step 6: Edit the line to show the following:
ScriptAlias /whm /usr/local/cpanel/base/swhmredirect.cgi (simply change the whmredirect.cgi to swhmredirect.cgi)

Step 7: Save and exit using the following: Ctrl+X  then press Y

Step 8: Restart Apache to have changes take effect:
service httpd restart

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By : ramprage Rating : Average Rating : 5.97 From 29 Voter(s) Views: 13293 Date: October 28, 2003

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