Virtual Private Server User Accounts

• Virtual Private Server E-Mail
• Transferring Files To and From a Virtual Server

Creating and Configuring User Accounts

• iManager
  iManager Tools and Wizards allow you to use your own web browser to easily create and configure user accounts.

• Telnet/SSH
  You can create and configure user accounts during a Telnet/SSH session with your Virtual Server. Connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH and use the following commands.

  • vadduser
    Create and modify user accounts using the vadduser command.

    % vadduser

    This interactive utility will guide you step-by-step through the user account creation process.
    
    
    • Choosing a Password
    
    FTP and e-mail services are added to each user account by default. If you want the user account to have both FTP and e-mail privileges, just hit the "Enter" key when asked to accept the defaults.
    
    For the user account to have FTP privileges only, deselect the e-mail privileges by entering "mail". For the user account to have e-mail privileges only, deselect the FTP prvileges by entering "ftp". If you need to add a service not currently in the list enclosed by the square brackets ("[ ]"), then type name of the service ("mail" or "ftp") and hit the "Enter" key.

    NOTE: FTP service must be enabled if user account e-mail will be accessed via IMAP.

  • vpasswd
    Use the vpasswd command to change user account passwords.

    % vpasswd USERNAME

  • vlistuser
    List all configured user accounts using the vlistuser command.

    % vlistuser

Removing User Accounts

• iManager
  iManager Tools and Wizards allow you to use your own web browser to easily remove user accounts.

• Telnet/SSH
  You can remove user accounts during a Telnet/SSH session with your Virtual Server. Connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH and use the following command.
  • vrmuser
    Issue the vrmuser command to remove a user account.

    % vrmuser