#  How to Restore Missing FTP Interfaces in cPanel 

https://www.hostcarts.qa/knowledgebase/article/how-to-restore-missing-ftp-interfaces-in-cpanel

## Overview

Warning:

This document describes an unsupported workaround. We do **not** guarantee that it will work in the future. We **strongly** recommend that you [return FTP services to a managed state](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/general-systems-administration/how-to-set-or-unset-rpm-management).

Remember:

Your server’s RPM-based services may use the `unmanaged` setting, even if you did not change the RPM’s target settings. For more information, read the *Why is my service’s RPM set to unmanaged?* section in our [How to Set or Unset RPM Management](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/general-systems-administration/how-to-set-or-unset-rpm-management) documentation.

If you set your server’s FTP service to use the `unmanaged` setting, you may experience problems with cPanel’s FTP-related interfaces. In cPanel & WHM version 11.40 and later, cPanel uses a `touch` file to determine whether cPanel displays FTP interfaces. Also, cPanel only displays FTP-related interfaces if a system administrator enables FTP for the user.

## Resolve the touch file problem

Use the `touch` command to create the `/var/cpanel/dynamicui/ftp` file. The file determines whether cPanel will display FTP interfaces.

To do this, run the following commands:

| `1 2` | `mkdir -p /var/cpanel/dynamicui/ touch /var/cpanel/dynamicui/ftp` |
| --- | --- |

Remember:

The unmanaged FTP RPM may delete the touch file during an upgrade. If this issue recurs on your server, always run this command **after** any updates or upgrades.