SFTP account access to public_html

Hello,

This isn't possible out of the box with cPanel as the only user that can SFTP is the cPanel user itself which will have full access to the entire account including the home directory.

If you require SFTP, then you would need to add a new linux user but then you would run into issues with file ownership.

 

Securely access them in what way, are you referring to encryption or limiting the users access?

If you want to force encryption, you can do so for FTP as well using FTPS

In WHM go to

• Home »
• Service Configuration »
• FTP Server Configuration

and set "TLS Encryption Support" to Required.

If you are referring to limiting an FTP user access to a specific directory, like public_html, then you can create them an FTP in cPanel as well as specify the home directory so if you do public_html they will not be able to browse the home directory of the account.