{"id":11666,"date":"2021-09-22T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=11666"},"modified":"2024-04-24T06:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T05:42:09","slug":"add-set-security-questions-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/add-set-security-questions-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add or Set Security Questions in DirectAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DirectAdmin panel has various authentication methods that add to the protection of a user account. You can set up or add security questions to guard your DirectAdmin account more effectively.<\/p>\n<h2>To Set Security Questions<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your DirectAdmin account.<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to the <strong>Advanced Features<\/strong> section and click on <strong>Security Questions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/da_security_questions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1428\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on<strong> Add new Security Question<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/da_add_new_security_question.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A pop-up window will appear. Here, you can either\u00a0choose from a pre-existing list of questions are create a custom security question.<\/p>\n<h3>To Choose from the Existing List of Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the <strong>Included<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Select a\u00a0<strong>Question<\/strong> from the dropdown list.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your response to the question in the <strong>Answer<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n<li>Click on\u00a0<strong>ADD<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/da_add_security_ques_included.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DirectAdmin will display a success message and add the question-answer combination to the list of Security Questions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/da_security_questions_list.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"677\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t find an appropriate security question in the system&#8217;s list, you can create a custom question.<\/p>\n<h3>To Create a Custom Security Question<\/h3>\n<p>Click on<strong> Add new Security Question<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/da_add_new_security_question_list.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A pop-up window will appear.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the <strong>Custom<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Enter a new security question in the <strong>Question<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the response\u00a0to the security question in the <strong>Answer\u00a0<\/strong>field.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>ADD<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/da_add_security_question_custom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A success message will flash and, the custom question will appear in the list of security questions.<\/p>\n<p>Next, you will have to turn on the feature.<\/p>\n<p>So, click on <strong>Enable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/da_security_questions_enable.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With it, the DirectAdmin panel will ask a random security question from the list whenever you would want to log in.<\/p>\n<p>You will have to enter the accurate response to the security question and click the <strong>Submit Answer<\/strong> button to log in to your account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/da_security_questions_login.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"666\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DirectAdmin panel has various authentication methods that add to the protection of a user account. You can set up or add security questions to guard your DirectAdmin account more effectively. To Set Security Questions 1. Log in to your DirectAdmin account. 2. Go to the Advanced Features section and click on Security Questions. 3. 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