The Directory text box defines the new FTP account’s top level of directory access. For more information, read our Password & Security documentation.Įnter the FTP account’s home directory. You can also click Password Generator to generate a strong password. Some web hosts require a minimum password strength. Select the desired domain from the Domain menu.Įnter and confirm the new password in the Password and Password (Again) text boxes. To create an FTP account, perform the following steps:Įnter the desired username in the Log In text box. Otherwise, you must use the full FTP account username ( ) and password to log in to FTP.

If your cPanel account uses a dedicated IP address, you can use your cPanel account’s username and password to log in to FTP. If your hosting provider has not enabled FTP access for your account, you can use the File Manager interface ( cPanel » Home » Files » File Manager) to manage your site’s files instead. You can only access this interface if your hosting provider has enabled FTP access for your account.

For more information about SFTP, read our How To Configure Your SFTP Client documentation.

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) allows you to transfer files over a secure connection.

Your hosting provider can adjust this number. On servers that use Pure-FTPd, the system will only return the first 10,000 files in each folder.

cPanel & WHM supports the ProFTPD and Pure-FTPd FTP server daemons. To determine which FTP server daemon that your server uses, contact your hosting provider.

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