How to Lock (and Restore) “Select WebServers” in CWP Panel & SSH

[its_me_rbk]

Hi all,

I'm running CWP Free (on AlmaLinux 8.10) and I'd like to lock down the "Select WebServers" option to prevent any accidental changes - both from the GUI and via SSH.

My current setup (Apache + Nginx + Varnish) is stable, and I want to:

• Disable or hide the "Select WebServers" section in the CWP admin panel.
• Prevent changes via SSH, such as running the web server switch scripts or reinstallation commands.
• Have a safe and clean method to unlock or restore this functionality when I intentionally want to make a change in the future.

Essentially, I want to enforce a kind of "freeze" mode for the web server stack, and later be able to toggle it off safely without breaking anything.

Any guidance or script-based methods to:

• Make the web server configuration unchangeable (GUI + SSH)?
• Re-enable it cleanly without reinstalling CWP or the stack?

Thanks a ton in advance!

[overseer]

You could probably move the switcher script to another place to hide it (from yourself?), but each CWP update may restore it. Or you could always put an exit 0 line under the shebang line of script to make it inert (again, each CWP update may reset the change):

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#!/bin/bash
exit 0

[its_me_rbk]

You could probably move the switcher script to another place to hide it (from yourself?), but each CWP update may restore it. Or you could always put an exit 0 line under the shebang line of script to make it inert (again, each CWP update may reset the change):

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#!/bin/bash
exit 0

Can you provide the path to that file?

[overseer]

The previous advice was for shell scripts under /scripts  -> /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/scripts

To accomplish what you want, in a root shell, edit this file with nano:

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nano  /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/modules/WebServers_manage.php
insert an exit(0) on the next line after the leading php stanza, before all the encoded PHP code:

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<?php //0042b
// Copyright CentOS WebPanel, Decoding is FORBIDDEN
// All Rights Reserved. www.centos-webpanel.com
if(!extension_loaded('ionCube Loader')){$__oc=strtolower(substr(php_uname(),0,3));$__ln='ioncube_loader_'.$__oc.'_'.substr(phpversion(),0,3).(($__oc=='win')?'.dll':'$
?>
exit(0)
If you want it to survive a CWP update, you could make it immutable:

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chattr +i /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/modules/WebServers_manage.php
To reverse the process, unset the immutable bit and remove the exit(0) line.

[its_me_rbk]

The previous advice was for shell scripts under /scripts  -> /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/scripts

To accomplish what you want, in a root shell, edit this file with nano:

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nano  /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/modules/WebServers_manage.php
insert an exit(0) on the next line after the leading php stanza, before all the encoded PHP code:

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<?php //0042b
// Copyright CentOS WebPanel, Decoding is FORBIDDEN
// All Rights Reserved. www.centos-webpanel.com
if(!extension_loaded('ionCube Loader')){$__oc=strtolower(substr(php_uname(),0,3));$__ln='ioncube_loader_'.$__oc.'_'.substr(phpversion(),0,3).(($__oc=='win')?'.dll':'$
?>
exit(0)
If you want it to survive a CWP update, you could make it immutable:

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chattr +i /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/modules/WebServers_manage.php
To reverse the process, unset the immutable bit and remove the exit(0) line.

Thanks for your help!