title: FTP Connections created at: Fri Oct 18 2024 09:03:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) updated at: Sat Feb 08 2025 14:21:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) --- # FTP Connections # Overview This interface displays information about current connections to your FTP server and allows you to terminate those connections. !! Important !! To connect your local machine to your FTP server, read our [How to Upload Files with FTP](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/ftp/how-to-upload-files-with-ftp/) documentation or your third-party FTP client’s documentation. !! Note !! This interface is **only** available if your hosting provider enables FTP services on the server. !! This interface does **not** appear on servers running the CloudLinux operating system. # View current FTP sessions The interface includes the following information about connections to your FTP server: | Column | Description | Example | | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | | *User* | The username for the authenticated FTP account. | `user` | | *Logged in From* | The host through which the user connected to your FTP server. | `ns1.example.com` | | *Login Time* | The FTP session’s start time and date. | `Fri Jul 19 13:19:20 2013` | | *Status* | The FTP session’s status. | `IDLE` | | *Process ID* | The FTP session’s process ID. | `13926` | | *Actions* | The actions that you perform with on the FTP session:<br />- *Disconnect* — Allows you to disconnect the FTP session. | | To refresh the list of FTP sessions, click *Reload*. # Disconnect users from an FTP session If you suspect malicious activity from a user, or if the user is idle, you can disconnect their FTP session. To disconnect a user from an FTP session, perform the following steps: 1. Click *Disconnect* next to the FTP session that you wish to disconnect. 2. To verify that the server disconnected the session, click *Reload*.