The Password & Security Interface of cPanel

1. The Password & Security Interface of cPanel

2. Table of Contents • External Authentication • External Authentication (Continued) • Linking an Account • Unlinking an Account • Introduction • Creating a Strong Password • Password Generator • Configure Security Requirements

3. Introduction • The Password & Security interface enables a user to update the password of his/her cPanel account. A strong password is essential for keeping a cPanel account secure. • The password of a cPanel account can be updated by hosting providers by using the Password Modification interface in WHM. WHM >> Home >> Account Functions >> Password Modification • If you want to change your cPanel account’s password, you need to enter the required/desired information. Click Change your password now! Alternatively, you can use the feature, Password Generator. • It needs to be mentioned here that you have to enable Digest Authentication when using Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, or Windows Vista. You have to access Web Disk over a clear text and unencrypted connection.

4. Creating a Strong Password It is important to create a strong password for ensuring the security of your account. In this context, you need to ensure the following: • The use of different passwords for all your important accounts. • The use of a combination of letters, symbols, and numbers in the password.

5. Password Generator • The Password Generator is a feature that generates secure passwords that prove to be challenging for malicious users to guess. • The Password Generator feature could be used in any interface which displays it. A new window appears when Password Generator is clicked. This window contains a generated password that is in a text box. Continue to click Generate Password until a satisfactory password gets generated.

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7. Configure Security Requirements The following steps need to be carried out, for setting the new password’s security requirements: • Click Advanced Options. • Use the Length text box to enter the desired length of the password. • Select whether you need to include numbers, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, or symbols. • Copy the password to a safe place. Next, select the checkbox that is at the bottom of the window, I have copied this password in a safe place. • Click Use Password for using the generated password. • Click Cancel to reject the password and to close the window for the Password Generator.

8. External Authentication • The system administrator might let users access cPanel with external authentication credentials, such as cPanelID, Google Accounts, WHMCS, or the portal of your hosting provider. This functionality aids in reducing the number of passwords that need to be remembered. • The tab for External Authentication lists the credentials of OpenID Connect-compliant identity providers. These can be used to log in to Webmail and cPanel. This section of the interface can also be used for linking new credentials or for unlinking the existing credentials. • In the context of hosting providers, the most efficient service providers, such as HTS Hosting, ensure that they deliver high quality of service at affordable prices. That is the reason their services are well-known as the “Best Linux Shared Hosting” or as the “Best Windows Dedicated Hosting”, or as the “Best Cloud Hosting”, etc.

9. External Authentication (Continued) Some important points with regard to External Authentication are mentioned below. • This section will only appear when the server administrator has configured at least one external authentication module. • Only those external authentication identity providers are displayed by this interface that the hosting provider has selected in the Manage External Authentications interface in WHM. • You shall be allowed to register for an account by most identity providers, as part of the authentication process. • One or more external accounts can be linked to one or more cPanel accounts, Webmail accounts, or WHM accounts.

10. Linking an Account The following steps need to be carried out for linking a cPanel or Webmail account to credentials at an external authentication identity provider: • Click the External Authentication tab. • Click Link Account next to the identity provider’s name. This results in a new login interface’s emergence for that identity provider. • Enter the requested username, password, and required credentials for that identity provider. This step is skipped by the interface if you are logged in to that identity provider. • Confirm allowing the provider linking to your cPanel or Webmail account. • Confirm linking your cPanel account to the authentication credentials of the provider.

11. Unlinking an Account • Click Unlink Account next to the appropriate account for unlinking external authentication identity provider credentials from an account. A new interface will appear, which will ask for confirmation regarding unlinking an account.

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