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  1. Harlequin

    Harlequin Well-Known Member

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    I've been using Security & Firewall - csf v10.05 to block users and it's working well but it's also blocking genuine users from accessing the websites.

    Is it possible somehow to ONLY block access to the WHM login but allow users to browse the sites on the server...?
     
    #1 Harlequin, Apr 9, 2017
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    You have to set allow/deny WHM access through Host Access Control area

    Login to WHM >> Host Access Control area

    whostmgrd YourIP allow
    whostmgrd all deny


    The allow line(s) must be above the deny ones or else you will block yourself out of WHM on the machine and need to edit /etc/hosts.allow in root SSH to unlock WHM

    Please refer documents for more information.
    Host Access Control - Documentation - cPanel Documentation
     
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    Thanks

    Given that my IP can change that doesn't sound like the best solution as I could in theory end up locking myself out of my own server.

    Will it allow for wildcards...? "1.2.%" for example...?
     
    #3 Harlequin, Apr 10, 2017
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    If you prefer to use the Host Access Control option in Web Host Manager, then you could add a netmask to allow from specific IP ranges. For example, 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0, where 255.255.255.0 is the desired network mask you want to use. This is documented at:

    Host Access Control - Documentation - cPanel Documentation

    Thank you.
     
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    I've added 2 step authentication and it's working perfectly fine. However, I still get the LFD failures. For example:

    Time: Tue Apr 11 18:46:34 2017 +0100
    IP: 81.199.16.113 (UG/Uganda/81.199.16.113.satcom-systems.net)
    Failures: 5 (sshd)
    Interval: 3600 seconds
    Blocked: Permanent Block

    Log entries:

    Apr 11 18:46:23 serv sshd[23741]: Invalid user admin from 81.199.16.113
    Apr 11 18:46:23 serv sshd[23741]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=81.199.16.113
    Apr 11 18:46:25 serv sshd[23741]: Failed password for invalid user admin from 81.199.16.113 port 3561 ssh2
    Apr 11 18:46:28 serv sshd[23741]: Failed password for invalid user admin from 81.199.16.113 port 3561 ssh2
    Apr 11 18:46:30 serv sshd[23741]: Failed password for invalid user admin from 81.199.16.113 port 3561 ssh2
     
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