Plesk’s hosting security metadata template files are XML files that
contain default security rules to be included in separate instances of
security metadata files for each hosting account.
Separate security template files exist for the following types of
hosting accounts - domains and web users. When a new hosting account is
created, the security metadata file template corresponding to the
account’s type is used to create a separate instance of a security
metadata file for the account. At the time of account creation, the
metadata file contains the default security configuration for all hosted
objects manageable by the account. The file is stored in the root folder
of the file system segment that the account is authorized to access and
manage. For example, the security metadata file for domain
example.com will be located in the %plesk_vhosts%example.com
directory.
The following security settings template files are used to create
security metadata files when instantiating new hosting accounts:
%plesk_dir%etchosting_template.xml%plesk_dir%etcwebuser_template.xml