is this normal or has something broke

[silvernetuk]

Hi,

I have notice that if I use the root password and a username on the system I can access the account for that username is this right ?

Regards,
Garry

 

[silvernetuk]

Thank god for that I was a bit worried then for a while D'OH (lol)

Thank you thaphantom

Regards,
Garry

 

[Website Rob]

[quote:cc568419aa][i:cc568419aa]Originally posted by silvernetuk[/i:cc568419aa]Hi,

I have notice that if I use the root password and a username on the system I can access the account for that username is this right ?

Regards,
Garry[/quote:cc568419aa]Although that is how WHM/Cpanel works, it is important to remember that if you are accessing Cpanel using this method [b:cc568419aa]your IP address is going to show[/b:cc568419aa] where it says &Last login& and may have your Client thinking &they have& been hacked. So you will need to know how to handle that situation. I inform my Clients of this in the &Welcome& eMail so they know from the start.

WHM doesn't show &Last login& so need to worry there.

 

[silvernetuk]

Hi Website Rob,

Thank you for letting me know that

Regards,
Garry

 

[EasyHostSolutions]

Is this a feature or bug?

It does not work for me, tried ftp, cpanel and whm, my root password, works for root only. No other usernames.