Determine your FTP server

To determine which FTP server your server uses, log in to your server via SSH as the root user and run the grep ftpserver /var/cpanel/cpanel.config command.

You will receive one of the following two results:

Follow the instructions below that correspond to your FTP server type:

1. Pure-FTP configuration

To edit the FTP configuration for Pure-FTP, perform the following steps:

1. Use your preferred text editor to create or edit the /var/cpanel/conf/pureftpd/local file.

2. Enter your changes in the local file.

   Note:

   For example, to set the ForcePassiveIP setting to the IP address, enter the following in the local file:

   ForcePassiveIP: 203.0.113.0

   To clear that value, change the local file to use the following setting:

   ForcePassiveIP: ~

3. To apply your changes, perform a force update of FTP with the /scripts/setupftpserver pure-ftpd --force command.

2. ProFTP Configuration

To edit the FTP configuration for ProFTP, perform the following steps:

1. Use your preferred text editor to create or edit the  /var/cpanel/conf/proftpd/local file.

2. Enter your changes in the local file.

3. To apply your changes, perform a force update of FTP with the /scripts/setupftpserver proftpd --force command.