Leech Protect  

Overview 

Leech Protect allows you to prevent users from publicly posting their password to 

a restricted area of your site. It also can prevent people from attempting to guess 

a user s password through repeated guesses. 

Steps 

1

 To access the 

Leech Protect Menu

, click on the  

  icon above the words 

Leech Protect

 on the main screen of your cPanel interface.  

2

 Navigate to the folder you wish to protect, and click on its name. 

3

 Enter the number of times a user may login to this folder during a 2 hour period 

in the box next to 

Number of logins per username Allowed in a 2 hour period:

4

 Enter the web address of a site you wish to send users to who violate the 

maximum number of logins allowed next to 

Url to redirect leech users to:

5 

If you wish to be alerted to violations, click the box next to 

Send Email Alert to

and place your email address in the blank field next to 

Send Email Alert to.

6

 If you wish to have an account suspended when it violates the maximum 

number of logins, click the box next to 

Disable Compromised Accounts

7

 Click on 

Enable

 to enable leech protection. 

Troubleshooting 

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