{"id":17120,"date":"2024-11-12T09:13:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T09:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=17120"},"modified":"2024-11-12T09:13:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T09:13:52","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-an-ftp-account-in-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-create-an-ftp-account-in-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an FTP account in DirectAdmin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You first need to login into DirectAdmin control panel using one of the URLs below,&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&nbsp;https:\/\/IP-address:2222&nbsp;or&nbsp;https:\/\/server-hostname:2222.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-155.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-155.png 642w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-155-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Account Manager->FTP Management<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-240.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-240.png 651w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-240-300x77.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You will then click on <strong>Create FTP Account<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-241.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-241.png 731w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-241-300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You will then specify the <strong>username<\/strong> and <strong>password<\/strong> for the new FTP Account. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can also provide an optional to the root folder of the FTP Account. This also helps to limit the access scope for the account. Maybe you want the account to be able to access a specific folder only.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Domain:<\/strong>\u00a0This FTP user has access to\u00a0<code>public_html<\/code>,\u00a0<code>private_html<\/code>,\u00a0<code>mail<\/code>,\u00a0<code>domains<\/code>, and\u00a0<code>backup<\/code>\u00a0directories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FTP:<\/strong>\u00a0This FTP user has access to the\u00a0<code>public_ftp<\/code>\u00a0directory only.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>User:<\/strong>\u00a0This FTP user has access to\u00a0<code>public_html\/username\/<\/code>\u00a0only. If the FTP user would only have access to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the directories above do not exist alreasy, they will be created by the system at this stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-242.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-242.png 747w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-242-300x86.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Suppose<\/em>, we selected\u00a0<strong>Custom<\/strong>, you will need to \u00a0<strong>Enter Directory Path <\/strong>to the directory that you want set as the root directory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-zoooom\"><img 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