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How to Disable Symlinks on linux WHM/cPanel Server ?

Disabling SYM links is not a tough task on WHM/cPanel based servers, however you might not found proper way to do this, here is the quick code for disabling symlinks.

  • Login to WHM/cPanel server via SSH with root access.
  Execute following commands
  • $ wget http://layer1.rack911.com/before_apache_make -O
  • $ /scripts/before_apache_make
  • $ chmod 700/scripts/before_apache_make

And then recompile apache by previous saved profile:

  • $ /scripts/easyapache

That is all, you can also check for any symbolic links already created:

  • $ find /home*/*/public_html -type l

This will output directories and files those are sym linked.


Vishwajit Kale
Vishwajit Kale blazed onto the digital marketing scene back in 2015 and is the digital marketing strategist of Hostripples, a company that aims to provide affordable web hosting solutions. Vishwajit is experienced in digital and content marketing along with SEO. He's fond of writing technology blogs, traveling and reading.

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