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The disadvantage of this feature is that any bandwidth usage used by this site will be put on the domain. mod_userdir protection prevents this from happening. This also protects against people try to guess and find cpanel usernames on the server.
Most of the bot attacker open malicious account with no domain information. They use this tide sign to attack the server.
As we have mod_userdir protection for a few servers, some of our clients may need to view the site till the site gets fully propagated. So, this knowledgebase will guide a secondary method to view the site without the tide sign.
Browse the following directory in your C Drive >> Windows >> System32 >> Drivers >> Etc >> Edit the file named "hosts" with a wordpad.
By default, there should be a line like this:
"127.0.0.1 localhost"
Go to the next line and add this:
208.43.75.195 yourdomain.com
208.43.75.195 www.yourdomain.com
Now note, replace yourdomain.com with your own domain and change 208.43.75.195 with the IP allocated for your account. To find which IP is allocated for your account, login to your cpanel, and from the left menu, find "Shared IP address" or "Dedicated IP address". Another way, you can find this out by going to WHM >> List Accounts >> Search yourdomain.com and the IP listed.
Save the file and try pinging your domain. It should point to the IP you listed in hosts file. And if you try to browse your site now, it should go to our server or the IP you listed in hosts file.
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