Create FTP Account

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FTP accounts are one easy way to get files to and from your Lunarpages web hosting account. In cPanel, you can create a number of FTP accounts for a number of different folders for an number of different reasons. You may need to give a designer only access to once section of your web site. You might even want to setup a separate login combination for yourself in a separate section of your hosting account. Here is how you can setup an FTP account using cPanel.

• Video Tutorial on How to Create an FTP Account with cPanel

How to Create an FTP Account with cPanel

Step number one would be to login to your cPanel account and make your way to the front page. From here, you need to select the icon that is marked "FTP Manager", and click it.

Click the "FTP Accounts" link at the top, and you will be on the FTP Account Maintenance screen. Here is an example of what this should look like:

These are the FTP accounts already associated with your web hosting account. Click on the link "Add Account".

The last step would be to create the login name and password for the new FTP account. Make the password 6-8 alpha-numeric characters, and it should not include the user name. In the text box for the directory, type in the name of the folder inside of your public_html folder you wish the new account to have access to.

You should now double check your information to make sure that it is correct, and if it is, you can then hit the button that reads, "Create".

After you click, you are taken to a new screen saying your FTP account was created successfully. For additional FTP accounts you have created, be sure to use the full format user@yourdomain.com as the user name with the password you created for that FTP account.