changing cpanel location

[sphost]

well, am a complete newbie regarding cpanel skinning and such, so i need some help please

i need to create my own cpanel skin, so it would be easier for me to place my skin outside the public_html of my domain so i can easily access it using normal FTP to update and test fater.

now the big question, how do i create the sim link (i guess its called so) and place the cpanel there ?

thanks in advance

 

[PWSowner]

In shell,

cd /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend
cp -a x /home/[username]/[skinname]
ln -s /home/[username]/[skinname] [skinname]
cd /home/[username]
chown -R [username] [skinname]

Substitute [username] for the actual account username and [skinname] for whatever you want to call your skin. That includes removing the square brackets.

Just make sure you are ready to handle modifications when updates affect the skins because your skin won't be updated.

 

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Are you sure it still works?

I used that method long long time ago but it broke. I had a reseller account back then.
I was forced to get an box with root access because of that.

If it still works I might go back to my provider as a reseller. :D
Just kiddin.

 

[sphost]

thanks a lot squirrel for your help, but, sadely its not working

 

[PWSowner]

I'll have to test that myself. I did that about a year ago and it worked. Could be changes in cpanel, or maybe a little error in the setup. I'll reply back shortly with my results.

 

[PWSowner]

It worked for me. I did exactly as I wrote above and now have a bogus account using my new "newskin" skin. Check it out yourself.

Go to http://216.7.168.16:2082 and log in with "username" and "password".

I'm only leaving that account up for a short time though for security reasons.

 

[PWSowner]

I've removed pretty much everything from my "newskin" skin, so there shouldn't be any security issues, but I will be taking that sample account down in 24 hours.