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title: How to create an additional FTP account under a domain in Direct Admin Control Panel?
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# How to create an additional FTP account under a domain in Direct Admin Control Panel?

## **Introduction**

[Linux Web Hosting](https://www.siliconhouse.net/linux-reseller-web-hosting-india) such as [Linux Reseller Hosting](https://www.siliconhouse.net/java-reseller-web-hosting-india), [Linux Dedicated Hosting](https://www.siliconhouse.net/dedicated-server-hosting-india-linux), [Small business Hosting](https://www.siliconhouse.net/small-business-web-hosting-india) comes with Direct Admin Control Panel. In this article, we will learn **how to create an additional FTP Account under a Domain** in Direct Admin Control Panel. Direct Admin Control Panel allows users to manage and upload files to their website or server more efficiently.

![](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/q7-how-to-create-additional-ftp-da.png)

## **Prerequisites**

1. You will require Login details for the Domain name.

## **Important Notes**

1. Username should be in Lower Case to create FTP Account.
2. Password must have minimum of 12 character with Upper and Lower Case, Numbers and Special Characters. \[ Ex: g%Dw#tQ!4&f3@Jiq \]

## **Watch the Video**

## **Procedure**

1. Login to your Direct Admin control panel using [https://yourdomain.com:2222](https://yourdomain.com:2222/)/ or https://IP-address:2222/ or https://server-hostname:2222/.

2. In the "Account Manager" section, click the "FTP Management".

![](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1.-Click-ftp-management-3-1024x434.png)

3. Click "Create FTP Account".

![](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2.-Click-Create-FTP-Account-3-1024x329.png)

4. Enter the username and password.

![](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3.-Enter-Username-Password-4-1024x376.png)

5. Select the Path:

**Domain:** Gives the FTP user full access to important website folders like public_html, private_html, and others.
**FTP:** Limits the FTP user’s access to only the public_ftp folder.
**User:** Restricts the FTP user access to a specific folder like public_html/username/ and related subdomains.
**Custom:** Define your own file path.

![](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4.-Select-the-Path-3-1024x390.png)

6. Click on "Create".

![](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/5.-Click-Create-4-1024x382.png)

## **Conclusion**

We have successfully learnt to create an additional FTP Account in Direct Admin Control Panel. There are many features in Direct Admin Control Panel to configure your domain name with E-Mail, Databases, FTP and DNS. For more details about [Linux Reseller Hosting click here.](https://www.siliconhouse.net/linux-reseller-web-hosting-india)