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Basicly I would like to create a ftp user called ftpbackup on a Centos 5 server that has WHM/Cpanel. i have root access. do you have any ideea how ?

I tried:
1.useradd
2.Pure-pw useradd
3.editing /etc/proftpd/passwd.vhosts (i know it says PRO ftp but this is where cpanel stores passwords for users i created from the cpanel interface)

authentification mecanism in pureftpd conf is Extauth pureauth ... if it helps you to recognize the prolem.

don't know what happens ....

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  • This question appears to be off-topic because it is about working with a service provider's management interface, such as cPanel.
    – HopelessN00b
    Jan 13, 2015 at 22:13
  • HopelessN00b, the original poster seems to be asking about an admin level question (e.g. administering a WHM server) as opposed to how to use a service provider's implementation of cPanel. Are you sure that's off topic? I think that falls under the on topic category of "tools used for administering, monitoring, or automating" servers.
    – Timothy R. Butler
    Mar 21, 2015 at 2:39

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/usr/local/cpanel/bin/proftpd_passwd <cpuser> -a <ftpuser>:<password>:<uid>:<gid>:<cpuser>:/home/<cpuser>/public_html/ftp:/sbin/nologin
  • <cpuser> = your cPanel username
  • <uid> = user_id of cPanel user
  • <gid> = group_id of cPanel user
  • <ftpuser> = the user to be used for login for example if ftpuser = ftp then to login use [email protected]
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You have cPanel, then why do you want to mess-up with cPanel setup. Do it in the cPanel way. ie, simply create a dummy domain in WHM and use it for sole FTP purpose or create an FTP account from inside your cPanel.

If you add/modify users manually, it is not necessary that it will be permanent or will not be overwritten by cPanel in the future.

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