How to Use

• About FTP Manager
• Creating New FTP Accounts
• Deleting FTP Accounts
• Changing Passwords for FTP Accounts
• Setting up Anonymous FTP Access
• Setting up an Anonymous FTP Message
• Setting FTP Session Control

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FTP Manager allows you to create and manage FTP accounts, as well as manage FTP sessions, in which you can upload and download your files. FTP is the recommended way to upload files to our server. You can create as many FTP accounts as you like, each of which have a unique login and password. You can assign different users to FTP accounts or allow certain users access to all FTP accounts. To get familiar with the FTP Manager, please see the related topics:

• In CPanel, click on FTP Manager, then click on FTP Accounts.
• There are four main accounts already created. These cannot be deleted.
• Click on "Add FTP Account".
• Enter a new login and password for the account (the password needs to be 6-8 alpha-numeric characters and cannot include your username).
• Note that the Directory field is automatically pre-filled with /yourlogin. You can change this to something else, or enter a "/" to grant this user access to the entire site.
• Click Create.

• In CPanel, click on FTP Manager, then click on FTP Accounts.
• Click on ‘Delete’ to the right of the account you want to delete.

• In CPanel, click on FTP Manager, then click on FTP Accounts.
• Click on "Change Pass" to the right of the account you want to update.
• Enter a new password.
• Click Change.

Anonymous FTP access allows anyone to access your public_ftp folder from any location. This setting is useful if you want people to upload, download, view, or delete files from your public FTP site. To set up anonymous FTP access, follow these steps:

• In CPanel, click on FTP Manager, then click on Setup Anonymous FTP Access.
• Notice that you have two options:
  • Allow anonymous access to ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com. This option allows anyone to view, download, or delete files from your public_ftp folder.
  • Allow anonymous uploading to ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com/incoming. This option allows anyone to upload, view, download, or delete files from your public_ftp folder.
• Depending on your preference, make your selection(s), and click Save Settings.

If you want to display a message that welcomes users after they log into your FTP site, you can add customized text (i.e. copyright notices, warnings, or instructions) by following these steps:

• In CPanel, click on FTP Manager, then click on Anonymous FTP Message.
• Enter your message, and click Save Message.

This function allows you to disconnect, or timeout users if they have had access to your public FTP site for a period of time, or if you want to stop unwanted FTP activity. To disconnect users, follow these steps:

• In CPanel, click on FTP Manager, then click on FTP Session Control.
• For the session you want to terminate, click Disconnect.