Location: Account Functions/Create a New Account
You can easily create a hosting account for any user on your server using the "Create a New Account" feature built into the WHM control panel.
NOTICE: If you have already created a package and want to use the existing package for this new account, only set the options below marked with an asterisk (*). You can also override any of the existing package options by setting options not marked with an asterisk below.
1. Set the following:
New Account Settings
*Domain
- Enter the domain name for the new hosting account. When you tab over
to the UserName text box or click inside any of the other text boxes on
the page, WHM will automatically fill in the UserName text box based on
the domain name you entered. You can modify the UserName according to
your specific needs.
*UserName
- Enter the username for the new hosting account. (See Domain information
above).
*Password
- Enter the password for the new hosting account.
Quota (MB)
- Enter the number of MegaBytes your new base package will use for disk
space. (You can leave the entry as default "unlimited" if you
do not want the account to have a limitation on disk space.)
Ip
- Click on the check box if your new base package requires a dedicated
IP address.
CGI
Access - Click on the check box if your new base package requires
CGI Access.
Shell Access
- Click on the check box if your new base package requires Shell Access.
Frontpage Extensions - Click on the check box if your new base
package requires Frontpage Extensions.
Max FTP Accounts
- Enter the maximum number of FTP Accounts for your new base package.
(If you do not want to enter a maximum limit on this feature, leave
as default "unlimited" in the field.)
Max Email Accounts
- Enter the maximum number of Email Accounts for your new base package.
(If you do not want to enter a maximum limit on this feature, leave as
default "unlimited" in the field.)
Max Email Lists
- Enter the maximum number of Email Lists for your new base package. (If
you do not want to enter a maximum limit on this feature, leave as default
"unlimited" in the field.)
Max SQL Databases
- Enter the maximum number of databases for your new base package. (If
you do not want to enter a maximum limit on this feature, leave as default
"unlimited" in the field.)
Max Sub Domains
- Enter the maximum number of Sub Domains for your new base package. (If
you do not want to enter a maximum limit on this feature, leave as default
"unlimited" in the field.)
Max Parked Domains
- Enter the maximum number of Parked Domains for your new base package.
(If you do not want to enter a maximum limit on this feature, leave as
default "unlimited" in the field.)
Max Addon Domains
- Enter the maximum number of Addon Domains for your new base package.
(If you do not want to enter a maximum limit on this feature, leave as
default "unlimited" in the field.)
Bandwidth Limit
(MB) - Enter the number of MegaBytes your new base package will
use for bandwidth.
cPanel Theme
- Select the cPanel theme your new base package will use for a theme.
See the Universal Theme
Manager document for further details.
Feature List
- Select the Features List your new base package will use for additional
features. (See the Feature Manager
document for further information.)
Ip Address (only for new ip-based accounts) - Select from the drop down menu. Your choices include:
Auto Assign - This option will automatically
assign an IP address to the account.
*Package
- Select the package you want the new account to use from the drop down
menu. If a package does not exist, follow the instructions in the Add
Packages documents.
*Contact Email
- Enter the account holder's contact email. (This should be an off network
email address. Use the account holder's personal email address or the
email address they provide to you.)
*Reseller
- Click on the check box to indicate this account is a reseller account.
View the Reseller
Center document to learn more about creating reseller accounts.
*Owner (only
if reseller) - By default this option will be checked. If this
account is a reseller account, leave the check box checked, otherwise
uncheck the check box by clicking on it.
*Use domain registry
nameservers (ignore locally configured ones) - Click on the check
box if you want to use the nameservers associated with the domain registrar.
Otherwise leave the check box unchecked.
*Nameservers - If you have already created nameservers on this server, the nameserver entries will be pre-populated automatically.
2. Click on the "Create" button.
3. Waiting a few seconds for the system to create the new account. The results should appear when the page has finished loading. Results will be similar to the following:
+===================================+
| New Account Info |
+===================================+
| Domain: YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME
| Ip: YOUR_IP (n)
| HasCgi: x
| UserName: YOUR_USERNAME
| PassWord: YOUR_PASSWORD
| CpanelMod: YOUR_THEME
| HomeRoot: /home
| Quota: x Meg
| NameServer1: NAMESERVER
| NameServer2: NAMESERVER
| NameServer3:
| NameServer4:
| Contact Email:
+===================================+
Changing password for YOUR_USERNAME
Password for YOUR_USERNAME has been changed
Keeping Shell Access (x)
Copying skel files from /home/USER/THEME/ to /home/YOUR_USERNAME/
Added Entries to httpd.conf
Bind reconfiguring on server1 using rndc
Added Dns File
httpd.conf tests passed, installed new configuration
Restarting apache
Updating ftp passwords for YOUR_USERNAME
Ftp password files updated.
Ftp vhost passwords synced
Notification => YOUR_ADMINISTRATOR via EMAIL [level => 3]
wwwacct creation finished
Reseller privs added!
Account Creation Complete!!!