Customizing the directory path for FTP Users

When creating the additional FTP account have you tried removing the part about public_html? I just tested this and it can be removed (the path can be edited on creation)

 

Have a peek at the users file in /etc/proftpd/cpanelaccountusernamehere

That file should show all of your ftp accounts for that account that you might edit.

As for editing this default behavior on addon FTP accounts creation, I'll leave that to the developers to help you out with. Sorry I can't help more than that.

 

Hi Joe,

The quickest and least invasive hack for this is to modfiy the template page, /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3/ftp/accounts.html , at line 40. Remove the 'onchange="suggest_homedir()"' attribute or place your own JavaScript function call there (and include your function via a <script></script> somewhere in the template).

ex: add custom function and mod line 40.

Code:

<script>
  //simply removed the static "public_html/" string in the concatenation//
  var suggest_homedir_custom=function(){YAHOO.util.Dom.get("homedir").value=YAHOO.util.Dom.get("login").value;ADD_VALID.dir.verify()};
</script>
<td style="width: 150px">
  <input type="text" name="login" id="login" style="width: 150px" onchange="suggest_homedir_custom()" />
</td>

This is not a permenant solution, but would work for the meantime.

If you're having to create these accounts manually, I'd just create them with the API1 'Ftp::addftp' call via the xml-api. Here's an example using the xml-api PHP client class to perform the request:

Code:

include("xmlapi.php");

$ip = "10.1.1.1";
$root_user = "root";
$root_pass = "s3cr3tPass!";
$cpuser = 'dave';


$xmlapi = new xmlapi($ip);
$xmlapi->password_auth( $root_user, $root_pass );
$xmlapi->set_output('xml');
$xmlapi->set_port('2087');
//$xmlapi->set_debug(1);

//Ftp::addftp( user, pass, homedir, quota, disallowdot, homedir2 )
$args = array( 'ftpuser1', 'pass1', '../testdir1', '', '', 'testdir1' );

//those are create homedir: /home/$cpuser/testdir1
//the third variable is relative to /home/$cpuser/public_html
//the sixth variable is relative to /home/$cpuser
//  as far as I know, you'll need to provide both for cPanel and the FTP
//   sub-system to function properly.

$xmlapi->api1_query($cpuser, 'Ftp', 'addftp', $args);

There are many threads about how to use the xml-api and make requests via Perl, PHP or other languages. Check out docs.cpanel.net and/or give a shout if you need anything.

Best Regards,
-DavidN

 

doh! my bad, sorry Joe. My suggested change for file would be specific to cPanel 11.25.1. In cPanel 11.25.0, accounts.html is a redirect to one of two files depending on which FTP server your system is running. Both have the same change, just in different files and line numbers.

If you're using Pure-FTP, then modify accounts_pure-ftpd.html, approximately line 159.

If you're using ProFTP, then modify add_ftp_form.html, approximately line 72.

The change is to the JavaScript

Code:

// old value '= "public_html/" + YAHOO.util.Dom.get("login").value;' 
// new value removes '"public_html/" +'
YAHOO.util.Dom.get("homedir").value = YAHOO.util.Dom.get("login").value;

Regards,
-DavidN