Create/delete user accounts in CWP

Maybe the most important feature for a web hosting control panel is adding/deleting users. CWP offers an easy way to work with user accounts.

cwp accounts

To create a new CWP account:

  1. Login to CWP
  2. Navigate to User Accounts-> New Account
  3. Here enter the Domain name, Username, Password, Package, Inodes limit etc.
  4. Click the Create button
  5. You will see the account details as:
    Account Details
    ========================================
    Server IP: 101.101.101.101
    Web Panel Login: 
    Domain: plothost123.com
    Username: plothost
    Password: 4SuEK1Wy
    Admin Email: admin@plothost123.com
    
    Panel URL: 
    http://101.101.101.101:2082
    https://101.101.101.101:2083
    
    NameServers:
    ns31.plothost.com
    ns32.plothost.com
    
  6. You can now access the new account. To edit the account at a later time, go to User Accounts-> List Accounts. Here you can also Suspend accounts.

Notice the CWP information on some options available when creating user accounts:

This option will create a new user and MySQL user with the same username.
By default shell access should be disabled, if enabled user will have /bin/bash.
Processes: The maximum number of processes available to a single user.
Open Files: The maximum number of open files available to a single user.

To delete a web hosting account:

  1. Login to CWP
  2. Navigate to User Accounts-> List Accounts
  3. Look for the account you want to delete and click the Delete button on the corresponding row. 
  4. Confirm the action.

The video tutorial for this KB article:

User accounts in CWP

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