How to create a Web User

A web user is a user account within Apache. It is used to define locations for personalized web pages with individual FTP access. The result of creating a web user is a subdirectory within your domain (e.g. domain.com/~webuser).

A list of all of the web users within a given domain will appear on the main Web Users page. At this page you can:

Select any web user name to edit the web user password and/or to add or remove different scripting options (provided the Allow scripting for web users option has been activated at the Domain Preferences page).

Search the web users' list for a certain pattern. It may help you in case you have a great number of web users in the system and you need to work with a particular one. To search the list, type the pattern string in the text input field and click SEARCH.

Sort the list by web user's name. To sort the list in ascending or descending order, click on the Name header of the list. An arrow will appear indicating the order of sorting: down for descending order, up for ascending.

To create a new web user:

Access the domain management function by clicking on the DOMAINS button at the top of the PSA interface. The Domain List page appears.

Click the domain name that you want to work with. The Domain Administration page appears.

Click the WEB USERS button. The Web Users page appears.

On the top of the screen, the number of web users displays for the selected domain.

To add a web user, enter the name of the new web user in the text box provided next to Web user name and click ADD.

You are taken to the Web User Configuration page, where you must enter and confirm the password for your new web user and select from the available scripting options for the given domain (availability of scripting options is set in the Domain Preferences). To do this, enter a password in the New Password text box, and then re-enter it in the Confirm Password text box. Then select from the available scripting options if applicable. Once you have completed all entries click on UPDATE to enter the information. Selecting UP LEVEL will return you to the Web Users page without assigning a password or scripting capabilities to the given web user. Although the directory will be created, it will not be accessible via FTP using the web user name.

As you create web users, the user names appear on the Web Users page in the web users list.

To change web user passwords or edit scripting options, click on the user name in the web user list. This takes you to the Web User Configuration page. Follow the same procedure as taken in Step 6.

To delete existing web users select the users that you wish to delete using the checkboxes on the right of the page and click REMOVE SELECTED. You will be asked for confirmation prior to final deletion of the web users.

When you are done, click UP LEVEL to return to the Domain Administration page.

To remove one or more web users, check the checkboxes in the Sel column of the web users' list corresponding to the web users you wish to remove and click REMOVE SELECTED. The Web User Removal page appears. There you will need to either confirm the removal (check the checkbox and click SUBMIT) or CANCEL it.

Important Notes on Web Users

For security purposes, the password must be between 5 and 14 characters and cannot contain the user name.

Each web user creates a system account within Apache; therefore, you cannot have two web users with identical names on the same server.

New web users can access the directory using FTP software by entering the domain name under which the web user account was created and using the appropriate web user name and password.