Flag files used by cPanel & WHM ™

Miscellaneous

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/var/cpanel/mod_ruid2_chroot_safe

Legacy - maintained for backwards compatibility Indicates that mod_ruid2 0.9.4 was patched which is now included in upstream mod_ruid2

/var/cpanel/bwlimitcheck.disabled

Prevent cpanellogd from checking bandwidth limits. Web sites that exceed quota will not be bandwidth limited.

/etc/usedomainpointers

When present allows for the following advanced PTR management:

MAXPTR can be specified in account plans. Useful in account creation, account modification
Allows requesting access logs for entries in /etc/usedomainpointers

Note: PTR functionality seems experiemental

Disable Events

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/etc/check_mysql_disable: Prevents /scripts/check_mysql from executing. cPanel updates (/scripts/upcp) call check_mysql on each run.

Mail Configuration

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/etc/eximmailtrap: Adds X-Source email header to outgoing mail
/etc/webspam: Prevent the 'nobody' user from sending mail
/etc/popbeforesptmp: Allow use of POP-before-SMTP for authentication
/etc/eximpopbeforesmtpwarning: Adds the system user name (or list of user names) that sent an email to the X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders header
/var/cpanel/allow_domainowner_mail_pass: When present allows the cPanel user to masquerade as an email account via IMAP and SMTP
/var/cpanel/email_send_limits/count_mailman: When present include Mailman mailing list messages in Mail sending limits calculations
/var/cpanel/smtpgidonlytweak: When present restrict sending of email to exim only.
/etc/global_spamassassin_enable: When present SpamAssassin is enabled for all accounts
/var/cpanel/config/email/trust_x_php_script: Use the X-PHP-Script to determine who sent a message
/var/cpanel/config/email/query_apache_for_nobody_senders: Query the webserver to determine who sent a message. Potentially an expensive operation.
/var/cpanel/custom_mailips: Exi will use contents of /etc/mailips to determine which IPv4 address to use for outbound connections for an account
/var/cpanel/exim_ipv4_sort_bias: Instructs Exim to prefer sending to an IPv4 address versus an IPv6 address

Disable A Service

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DNS Daemons: /etc/nameddisable
FTP Daemons: /etc/ftpddisable or /etc/ftpserverdisable
Apache: /etc/httpddisable or /etc/apachedisable or /etc/httpdisable
Dovecot: /etc/imapdisable or /etc/imapddisable or /etc/cpimapdisable or /etc/popdisable or /etc/cppopdisable
PostgreSQL: /etc/postgresqldisable or /etc/postgresdisable
rsyslogd: /etc/rsyslogddisable or /etc/rsyslogdisable
Tailwatch: /etc/tailwatchddisable or /etc/tailwatchdisable

In general you can prevent cPanel & WHM from managing, or acknowledging a service by creating a file in /etc named servicenamedisable or servicenameisevil.

Overview

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The intent of this website is to provide a simple listing of all the files used by cPanel & WHM for configuration. There are two basic types of files:

Touch files, whose mere presence indicates something is enabled or disabled.
Configuration files, whose contents determines the behavior of something.