cPanel FTP Connection issues

Here we have few steps to verify cpanel FTP connection related issues in your server. Most of problems will happen in your IPTABLES or CSF firewall settings. Any way first you should check your FTP is running fine.

Use the following command in your cpanel server to check FTP is listen.

root@server1 [~]# ftp localhost

If the response is as follows, the issue may be related to configuration of your Firewall.

Trying ::1...

How to change Linux root password temporarily.

This is a simple technique by which you can have your our root password temporarily and change it back to the real one after use. The condition is
* You are logged in as root and you don’t know the root password
Back-up the current shadow file.

[root@localhost ~]# cp /etc/shadow /etc/shadowbkup

Change the current root password the desired one.