{"id":6699,"date":"2019-01-03T15:34:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/?page_id=6699"},"modified":"2019-01-03T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T15:34:39","slug":"change-default-home-directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/change-default-home-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the default home directory in WHM?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/dedicated-servers-managed\">Linux Dedicated Server<\/a><\/strong> allows you to host multiple websites under your web hosting space. Linux Dedicated Server comes with full root access where you will be having control to make any changes at any time. For eCommerce and CMS sites this would be the best and cheapest one. You can do event streaming in Linux server. You can also host unlimited domains and provide reseller hosting to your clients and make more profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <aside id=\"text-16\" class=\"widget widget_text amr_widget\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_left\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/linux-reseller-web-hosting-india\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/336X280-saffron-unlimited-499-kickstart.gif\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\"><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_right\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/linux-cloud-server-hosting-india\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/336X280-purple-enterprise-cloud-stak-19.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" alt=\"Enterprise Cloud Stack\"><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside> <aside id=\"text-20\" class=\"extendedwopts-md-center widget widget_text amr_widget\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts\">\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_left\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/reseller-hosting-249-offer.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_right\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/reseller-hosting-249-offer.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kindly follow the below procedure to change the default home directory in WHM,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) Go to Server Configuration, Then Basic WebHost Manager\u00ae Setup<br>2) Click Basic Config<br>3) Enter the location where you wish for new users\u2019 home directories to be created. By default all directories matching the &#8220;Home Directory Prefix&#8221; are checked for available disk space and the directory with the most free space will be used.<br>4) If you want to force WHM to use the Default Home Directory specified, you must disable the prefix option by putting a blank value in that field.<br>5) Click on save changes\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux Dedicated Server allows you to host multiple websites under your web hosting space. 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