{"id":3842,"date":"2016-04-29T17:25:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T17:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/04\/29\/how-to-disable-security-alert-notifications-in-whm\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T02:49:42","slug":"how-to-disable-security-alert-notifications-in-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-disable-security-alert-notifications-in-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Security Advisor Alerts in WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the new <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-56-upgrade\/\">features in cPanel release 56<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-danger\" role=\"alert\"> <strong>Note:<\/strong> <a class=\"alert-link\" href=\"\/support\/amp\/obtain-root-access\/\">Root access<\/a> is required for completion of this tutorial. <\/div>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/login.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/login.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Log into WHM as the Root User<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/contact-mgr.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/contact-mgr.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>In the left menu pane type <strong>\u201cContact Manager\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/select-contact.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/select-contact.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Select <strong>\u201cContact Manager\u201d<\/strong> in the menu<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/notifications.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/notifications.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Switch Tabs to the <strong>\u201cNotifications\u201d<\/strong> tab on the screen<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/disabled.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/disabled.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Scroll down to <strong>\u201cSecurity Advisor State Change\u201d<\/strong> and change it to <strong>\u201cDisabled\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/save.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel56\/save.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Go to the bottom of the page and select <strong>\u201cSave\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>   Disable Security Advisor Alerts from the Command Line <\/h2>\n<p>   Logged into your server via <a href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/how-to-login-ssh\/\">SSH as the root user<\/a>, you can use the following command to disable Security Advisor Alerts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"cli\">   [root ~]$ <span style=\"color:red;\"> \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/3rdparty\/bin\/perl -I\/usr\/local\/cpanel  -MCpanel::iContact::EventImportance::Writer -e \u2018my $writer =  Cpanel::iContact::EventImportance::Writer-&gt;new();  $writer-&gt;set_event_importance(\u2018Check\u2019,\u2019SecurityAdvisorStateChange\u2019,0);  $writer-&gt;save_and_close();\u2019   <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>At this point you should no longer receive the security alert emails that WHM sends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the new features in cPanel release 56 is the additon of Security Advisor Alerts. 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