How to Enable Shell Fork Bomb Protection on cPanel server

How to Enable Shell Fork Bomb Protection on cPanel server

Login to your WHM (Webhost Manager) using root login details and click on “Shell Fork Bomb Protection” under “Security Center”

WHM Home » Security Center » Shell Fork Bomb Protection

Check the current status of Shell Fork Bomb Protection. Click on “Enable Protection” to enable ‘Shell Fork Bomb Protection’ on your cPanel Server.

WHM Home » Security Center » Shell Fork Bomb Protection >> Click on “Enable Protection”

After enabling shell fork bomb protection few restrictions are enabled for users to prevent causing a fork bomb on the server.

How to Disable/Turn Off Shell Fork Bomb Protection on a cPanel server

Login to WHM (Webhost Manager) using your server root login details. Search for “Shell Fork Bomb” in the WHM search window.

Click on “Shell Fork Bomb Protection” option under “Security Center”

Home »Security Center »Shell Fork Bomb Protection

Click on “Disable Protection” to disable “Shell Fork Bomb Protection”. I recommend enabling this feature to protect your server from users who starts Fork Bombs on the server.

This feature prevents misuse of server resources by applying limits for every users.