reseller ftp access to clients

pclsolutions

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I setup DA for a webdesigner that was tired of cpanel.
He's managing all his clients, offering free hosting, as a reseller.

He wants to be able to ftp using his credentials and access their sites.

The only way I can think of doing this would be either putting all his clients in his user directory. ie /home/reseller/user

Which would give him root access to their accounts.
Or to give him root, which I dont want to.

What can I do?
 
The problem is that though DirectAdmin creates an apparent link between a reseller and his users, as far as your server is concerned, they're all separate users.

One way to solve the problem would be to set up all the sites under one user account.

The best way would probably be to set up new virtual ftp accounts for each user as (for example):
Code:
username: [email protected]
password: password
Where the username isn't exactly the same, because example.com must be different for each domain's real site name, but you can make password the same.

So he'd still need to create separate ftp logins, but they'd be easy to remember and enter.

Another way would be for you to create access to all user accounts with his reseller name as group, presuming your OS automatically sets up a user with a group with the same name.

Doable, but rather complex as you'll have to manipulate both permissions and ownership on all sites.

Jeff
 
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