Permissions

Permissions define what privileges and services are provided with the subscription.

DNS zone management

Allows the subscriber to manage the DNS zones of their domains.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the DNS service settings are not synced.

Hosting settings management

Allows modifying parameters of hosting service provided with the subscription: changing hosting account features and switching on or off support for programming and scripting languages, custom error documents, SSL support, and (Windows only) Microsoft FrontPage support.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the mentioned hosting parameters are not synced.

PHP safe mode management (Linux/Unix hosting)

Allows the subscriber to toggle such hosting parameter as PHP safe mode for their sites. By default, PHP is configured to operate in safe mode with functional restrictions. However, some web applications may not work properly with the safe mode enabled. To learn more about PHP safe mode, refer to http://php.net/features.safe-mode.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the parameter is not synced.

Setup of potentially insecure web scripting options that override provider's policy. Allows the subscriber to override the hosting security policy, if it is set up. To learn about configuring the policy, refer to the section Restricting the Use of Potentially Insecure Hosting Options.

Management of access to server over SSH (Linux\Unix hosting)

Provides the Access over SSH service, which lets the subscriber access a server shell over SSH under their system user account. Also, lets the subscriber set up such hosting parameter as SSH access to server shell under the subscription's system user.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the mentioned hosting parameter is not synced.

Management of access to server over Remote Desktop (Windows hosting)

Lets the subscriber access the server via Remote Desktop protocol.

Anonymous FTP management

Provides the anonymous FTP service, which lets the subscriber set up a directory shared over FTP protocol and available to anonymous users. A subscription should reside on a dedicated IP address in order to provide this service.

Scheduler management

Provides the Scheduler service, which lets the subscriber schedule running of scripts or utilities.

If you are running Parallels Plesk Panel on Linux, you can learn about the new security settings applied to scheduled tasks in the section Execution of Scripts via Cron Task Scheduler.

Spam filter management

Lets the subscriber customize filtering settings of SpamAssassin spam filter.

Antivirus management

Lets the subscriber change settings of server-side protection of incoming and outgoing mail from viruses.

Data backup and restoration using the server repository

Provides the Backup/Restore service which lets the subscriber use storage on the server for their backups.

Back up and restore using a personal FTP repository

Provides the Backup/Restore service which lets the subscriber use external FTP servers for storing their backups.

Web statistics management

Lets the subscriber set up such hosting parameter as Web statistics, that is, selecting which web statistics engine should be used, and toggling if the data is accessible via a specific password-protected directory.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the mentioned hosting parameter is not synced.

Log rotation management

Lets the subscriber adjust the cleanup and recycling of processed log files for his or her sites. Also, lets the subscriber remove log files.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the Logs & Statistics parameters are not synced.

Access to Application Catalog

Provides the subscriber with access to prepackaged applications that can be installed on websites. If you select this option, be sure to select the PHP support checkbox and clear the checkbox PHP safe_mode on on the Hosting Parameters tab.

Domain creation

Lets the subscriber add domains, create websites and set up web forwardings.

Subdomains management

Lets the subscriber set up additional websites accessible by <subdomain>.<domain> addresses.

Domain aliases management

Lets the subscriber set up additional alternative domain names for their websites and allow.

Additional FTP accounts management

Lets the subscriber manage FTP accounts for accessing the subscription's files and folders.

Java applications management

Lets the subscriber install Java applications and applets on their websites.

Mailing lists management

Lets the subscriber use mailing lists provided by the GNU Mailman software.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the Enable mailing lists parameter is not synced.

Hosting performance settings management

Lets the subscriber set up limits on bandwidth usage and number of connections to their websites.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the Performance settings for bandwidth usage and the number of connections are not synced.

IIS application pool management (Windows hosting)

Provides the dedicated IIS pool service, and lets the subscriber manage their IIS application pool: enable or disable it, and set up the maximum amount of CPU that the pool may use.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the Performance parameter called Use dedicated pool is not synced.

Additional write/modify permissions management (Windows hosting)

Lets the subscriber toggle such hosting parameter as Additional write/modify permissions. These permissions are required if a subscriber's web applications use a file-based database (like Jet) located in the root of httpdocs folder. Please note that selecting this option might seriously compromise the websites security.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the mentioned hosting parameter is not synced.

Shared SSL management (Windows hosting)

Provides the shared SSL service, and lets the subscriber set up shared SSL links for their websites within the subscription.

Hard disk quota assignment

Lets the subscriber set up such hosting parameter as Hard disk quota.

Note: If this permission is provided, then the mentioned hosting parameter is not synced.

Database server selection

Lets the subscriber select a database server of each type for creating their databases, as opposed to always using the default database server.

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