Disable Hotlink Protection via SSH?

[xata11]

Please I want to Disable hotlink protection via SSH? for one of my user, is it possible please, because my cpanel license has expired.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello @xata11,

It's important to first note that cPanel & WHM is not designed to function normally when your license is expired or inactive. Several services and features rely on a valid license to work. I recommend reaching out to our Customer Service department ([email protected]) if you have questions or feedback about your license.

With a valid cPanel license, you can use the following UAPI command to disable HotLink Protection via the command line:

uapi --user=username Mime delete_hotlink

You can read more about this UAPI function at:

UAPI Functions - Mime::delete_hotlink - Developer Documentation - cPanel Documentation

Or, you could manually remove the Mod_Rewrite entries utilized for HotLink Protection from the .htaccess file in the document root of the protected directory. Here's an example of what these entries look like:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://testcptest01.tld/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://testcptest01.tld$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://www.testcptest01.tld/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://www.testcptest01.tld$      [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]

Thank you.