{"id":315,"date":"2011-12-01T13:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T18:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/12\/01\/managing-shell-access\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T19:15:19","slug":"managing-shell-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/managing-shell-access\/","title":{"rendered":"How to give (or remove) shell access to cPanel accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When creating and managing cPanel accounts within WHM, you can decide whether to allow them shell access or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to allow shell access when creating a cPanel account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whm-edu_manage-shell-access_allow-shell-access-during-initial-account-creating.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"allow-shell-access-during-initial-account-creating\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li>When <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-account\/\">creating a new cPanel account<\/a>, select the option, \u201cSelect Options Manually\u201d<\/li><li>After doing this, you will see the option to allow or prevent \u201cShell Access\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to allow shell access for a previously created cPanel account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whm-edu_manage-shell-access_enable-shell-access-through-modify-an-account.gif\" alt=\"enable-shell-access-through-modify-an-account\" class=\"wp-image-5327\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/log-into-whm\/\">Log into WHM<\/a><\/li><li>Click \u201c<strong>Modify an Account<\/strong>\u201d under <em>Account Functions<\/em><\/li><li>Select the account in question and click \u201c<strong>Modify<\/strong>\u201c<\/li><li>Select (or deselect) \u201c<strong>Shell Access<\/strong>\u201d under <em>Account Privileges<\/em> to grant (or remove) shell access.<\/li><li>Click \u201c<strong>Save<\/strong>\u201c<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When creating and managing cPanel accounts within WHM, you can decide whether to allow them shell access or not. 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