A client can become a Reseller web host by purchasing or renting a Reseller plan from a company that offers web hosting services. In DirectAdmin, you can be able to manage different accounts of the users who availed of your web hosting services. You can change a user’s password in DirectAdmin. However, you can only do this if the user has forgotten their password. Before you change a user’s passwords you have to verify who they are before you change their password for them for security purposes.

The instructions below will teach you how to change a user’s password.

1. Log in to your Reseller account in DirectAdmin.

2. Scroll down to see the Reseller’s Tools.

3. Click the Change Passwords link.

4. Enter username of the user that you want to change password for.

5. Enter a new password.

6. Re-enter a new password for verification.

7. Click on the Submit button when you’re finished.

8. The user password is now changed.

9. This is the end of the tutorial. Don’t forget to notify the user for the new password so that he can be able to login to DirectAdmin again.

10. Thanks for watching the demo on how to change user’s password in DirectAdmin.

July 21, 2011 at 10:50 pm | No comment

cPanel is a program where you can manage and perform various functions on your website files. It is an alternative, easy and less complicated way of managing website files without having to use a File Transfer Protocol otherwise known as FTE.

These are the steps on how to use the ‘File Manager’ feature of cPanel:

1. First, log on to your cPanel account.

2. Once in the cPanel screen, scroll down.

3. Under the Files section, click the File Manager icon.

4. This brings you to the File Manager interface wherein a user can perform several functions such as: upload files to your account, delete files, change file permission, among others. On the left half of the screen, you will find a collapsible list of folders in your account.

5. Click the first folder (/home/abc12c).

6. Then click on the “public_html” subfolder.

7. On the right half of the screen, you will see the list of folders and files contained in the folder selected on the left.

8. Click on the “public_html” folder icon at the left half of the screen.

9. The “public_html” folder is the folder that will contain all website files such as html pages, gif images, etc. in your account

10. The next steps will show how to upload a sample cgi script into the cgi-bin folder of the account.

11. Under “the public_html”, click the “cgi-bin” folder icon.

12. At the top of the page, click the “Upload” icon.

13. This will bring you to the page wherein you can upload the files you wish to upload. Click the “Browse” button.

14. The File Upload box will appear and from which, you can search for the file you wish to upload. For example, click on the test_scriptl.cgi file.

15. Click “Open”. The test_script.cgi file will now be uploaded. You may upload multiple files at once by repeating steps 11 and 12.

16. To return to the File Manager main screen, click on the link “Back to /home/abc123c/public_html/cgi-binYou will then see the file which you have successfully uploaded to the cgi-bin folder. In this case, the test_scriptl.cgi file has been successfully uploaded to the cgi-bin folder.
Next, click on the newly uploaded file – test_script.cgi.
This will allow you to perform several functions with your files using File Manager program. These functions include but are not limited to deleting, renaming, and viewing a file by clicking in the Delete, Rename, and View icons, respectively, at the top pane of the screen.

17. You may also change the access settings of the file you are working with. This may be done by clicking on the “Change Permissions” icon at the top part of the screen.

18. You will then see a box indicating the mode through which the file may be accessed (either Read, Write and Execute), and who will be able to access the file (User, Group, World).

19. Tick on the Execute box under User.

20. Tick on the Execute box under Group.

21. Tick on the Execute box under World.

22. Select the “Change Permissions” button. Now the permission level of the file “test_scriptl.cgi” has been changed and is now taking effect.

23. To move the file to a different location, keep the file highlighted and at the top portion of the screen, click on the “Move” icon.

24. In the box, input the location where you want the file to be transferred (for example, /public_html/demo). Then, click “Move File(s)”. Another way of moving a file is to click on their icon and then drag the file to the folder on the left where you wish to move the file.

25. The test_scriptl.cgi file is no longer in the “public_html” folder.

26. Select the “demo” folder at the left side of the screen.

27. You will see that the test_scriptl.cgi folder is now under it.

28. To erase the file, keep the file highlighted and then click on the “Delete” icon at the top.

29. A notification box will pop-out confirming the file to be deleted. Click on “Delete Files”.

30. The file that was originally uploaded has successfully been deleted.

31. This is the end of the tutorial about File Manager. It is a quick and hassle-free way of accessing and managing your website files without having to use an FTP program.

32. Thank you for watching the demo. Do let us know shall you have any questions!

July 20, 2011 at 10:32 pm | No comment

The Index Manager allows you to customize the way a directory will be shown on your dashboard. It would enable you to manage how directories on your website are presented. When there is no index.html file in a specified directory, the contents of that directory will be shown in a browser. This may cause security problems. This is why you need to make use of the proper settings that would prevent other users from accessing your directory and, of course, your files.

Below are the instructions you need to know on how to use Index Manager in cPanel:

1. Log in to cPanel.

2. Scroll down and click the Index Manager icon in the Advanced section.

3. Select the folder you want to protect.

4. Navigate to the directory you want to setup index manager by clicking on the icon.

5. For example, you may want to setup index manager for the demo directory. Click the demo icon.

6. You can choose four settings in the demo directory. These are the following:
     a. Default System Setting
     b. No Indexing
     c. Standard Indexing (Text Only)
     d. Fancying Indexing (Graphics and Texts)

7. Choose the No Indexing option if you don’t want the contents of the directory to be shown.

8. Click the Save button.

9. You now successfully update the setting. Click the Go back link.

10. To allow other people to view the contents of the directory change the setting back to default.

11. Select the Default System Setting then Click the Save button.

12. You now successfully change the setting. Click the Home button at the upper left corner of the page.

13. You now know how to setup index manager to any directories.

14. When you are done, click the Log out button located at the upper right page of the cPanel.

July 19, 2011 at 10:13 pm | No comment

The IP Deny Manager is there to help you avoid a particular IP address, a block of IP addresses as well as a domain name, from entering your web site. If there are other people utilizing your bandwidth, posting mean contents, or should not be permitted to enter your site for such reasons, you may avoid them from further accessing your site through the use of the IP Deny Manager.

To help you understand how you can utilize the IP Deny Manager, simply follow the tutorial below:

1. Log in to cPanel.

2. Scroll down and click the IP Deny Manager icon in the Security section of your cPanel interface.

3. Enter the IP Address or domain name you want to deny access to in the blank box provided. Make sure to enter the proper format of the IP address.

4. Click the Add button.

5. You will then see a confirmation that you successfully blocked other people using the IP address you entered from accessing your website.

6. Then, click the Go Back link.

7. Below, you will see the list of the IP addresses being blocked. If you wish to remove the IP address being blocked or allow them to access your site, click the Remove icon.

8. After clicking the remove button, click the Yes button to confirm.

9. You now successfully deleted the IP address from the blocked list. Click the home button located at the upper left corner of the page to return to the home page.

10. You can repeat the steps if you want to add or remove again the blocked IP addresses from the list.

11. You know now how to blocked IP address from visiting your site.

12. Remember to log out from the site when you are finished for security purposes. This is the end of the tutorial.

July 18, 2011 at 10:09 pm | No comment

Sending email messages to invalid email addresses is inevitable. cPanel enables users to create Default (Catch All) Email Accounts so that all mail sent to invalid email addresses will be sent back to a specific account.

You can do this by following these steps:

1. Login to cPanel.

2. After logging in, you’ll be directed to the homepage of your account in cPanel. Set a Default or catch all email address by clicking on the Default Address link.

3. The Set Default Address page will appear.

4. This page is where you will set your default address that will catch all mail sent to an undefined email address. All those mail will be sent to the default address that your will enter in the Forward to email address field. There is a default pop address in the page that acts as your default catch all address which will be replaced with the address that you will type in the field. Type your default email address and hit the Change button.

5. After changing the address, you’ll be directed to the Default Address Maintenance page informing you that your default email address has been set. Click the Home button on the upper left corner.

6. End of tutorial. You are now capable of setting your default (catch all) email account.

7. Thank you for showing interest with this demo. If there are questions, please let us know.

July 17, 2011 at 10:04 pm | No comment