{"id":14427,"date":"2021-10-23T10:03:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T10:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=14427"},"modified":"2022-02-15T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T12:37:00","slug":"block-directadmin-commands-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/block-directadmin-commands-users\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Block DirectAdmin Commands for Users?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Server administrators exercise the ultimate authority over a hosting server. They can even grant or deprive the user accounts of some of that authority. Admins of DirectAdmin servers can exercise this power as they can block some of the commands that users can run.<\/p>\n

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With SSH Access, Admins can:<\/div>\n
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Block the DirectAdmin Commands for all the User Accounts<\/div>\n
Block the DirectAdmin Commands for Specific Users.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Block DirectAdmin Commands for all the User Accounts<\/h2>\n

The never_commands setting<\/em> in \/usr\/local\/directadmin\/conf\/directadmin.conf file will block commands globally and for all the users on the server.<\/p>\n

The syntax to block commands with the never_commands setting:<\/p>\n

never_commands=COMMAND<\/pre>\n
For example,<\/p>\n
never_commands=CMD_ACCOUNT_ADMIN:CMD_API_ACCOUNT_ADMIN<\/pre>\n
It will block the commands to create new admin accounts.<\/p>\n
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For the command to take effect, restart DirectAdmin:<\/p>\n
service directadmin restart<\/pre>\n
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Block the DirectAdmin Commands for Specific Users.<\/h2>\n
For specific users, blocking commands requires a bit of preparation.<\/p>\n
1. Create files commands.allow<\/strong> and commands.deny<\/strong>. These files are very similar to the CSF files \u2013 csf.allow<\/em> and csf.deny<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\/usr\/local\/directadmin\/data\/users\/USERNAME\/commands.allow\n\/usr\/local\/directadmin\/data\/users\/USERNAME\/commands.deny<\/pre>\n
Let’s see what to put in these files-<\/p>\n