How to Create FTP Accounts in Direct Admin

1. Login to your Direct Admin console and click on your target domain.

2. Click on FTP Management and follow by Create FTP Account. You will see a screen that looks like

3. First, select a FTP username. In the above example, we chose "william". Next, enter a password. Then, select the access level of the FTP account.

Domain: This FTP user has access to public_html, private_html, mail, domains, and backup directories.

FTP: This FTP user has access to the public_ftp directory only.

User: This FTP user has access to public_html/username/ only. If we selected this option in the above picture, the FTP user would only have access to public_html/william/ or http://www.weloveclassy.blog/william/. (If there is a subdomain named http://william.weloveclassy.blog, this FTP user would also have access to it.

If the directory doesn't already exist, it will be created at this stage.

Finally, click the "Create" button.

Updated on: 09/03/2020