How to Disable Security Advisor Alerts in WHM Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 0 Minutes, 57 Seconds to Read One of the new features in cPanel release 56 is the additon of Security Advisor Alerts. The alerts are sent to the default email within WHM. While these alerts are useful, some of them can be misleading. You can disable the security advisor alerts so you will no longer receive them. Note: Root access is required for completion of this tutorial. Log into WHM as the Root User In the left menu pane type “Contact Manager” Select “Contact Manager” in the menu Switch Tabs to the “Notifications” tab on the screen Scroll down to “Security Advisor State Change” and change it to “Disabled” Go to the bottom of the page and select “Save” Disable Security Advisor Alerts from the Command Line Logged into your server via SSH as the root user, you can use the following command to disable Security Advisor Alerts. [root ~]$ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/perl -I/usr/local/cpanel -MCpanel::iContact::EventImportance::Writer -e ‘my $writer = Cpanel::iContact::EventImportance::Writer->new(); $writer->set_event_importance(‘Check’,’SecurityAdvisorStateChange’,0); $writer->save_and_close();’ At this point you should no longer receive the security alert emails that WHM sends. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles How to Configure cPanel in WHM Resetting the cPanel Password in WHM How to Import Email Accounts and Forwarders into cPanel How to Install WHMCS With Softaculous What is your default PHP.ini file? How to Create / Delete an FTP Account in cPanel How to Park a Domain in cPanel How to Permanently Delete Trash in File Manager The Complete Guide to cPanel Backups How to Delete a cPanel in WHM
