Can I login to my SUBDOMAIN cpanel separately?

by awledd
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This is the matter with me. I ordered a gig for on site optimization and my site is html. Now the gigier asked me login details. I have several domains and several articles in them that I am not comfortable doing so. Can I have a separate login detail for my SUBDOMAIN?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kingfish85
    Originally Posted by awledd View Post

    This is the matter with me. I ordered a gig for on site optimization and my site is html. Now the gigier asked me login details. I have several domains and several articles in them that I am not comfortable doing so. Can I have a separate login detail for my SUBDOMAIN?
    No. The subdomain runs as the same user as the main account. There is no way around it.
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  • Profile picture of the author awledd
    Then I am not at ease in giving my P.W but I think it is possible in the Wordpress platform?
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      Originally Posted by awledd View Post

      Then I am not at ease in giving my P.W but I think it is possible in the Wordpress platform?
      You can either give wp-admin access or create another wordpress user. cPanel has 1 username that can access the control panel which will have access to the entire cPanel account.
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    I would rather give him WP. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author salegurus
    Or get a reseller hosting plan...
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Whisonant
    If you have access to "whm" to setup domains you can setup a subdomain as a standalone site. It will then have its own cpanel and ftp.

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    • Profile picture of the author awledd
      Originally Posted by Rob Whisonant View Post

      If you have access to "whm" to setup domains you can setup a subdomain as a standalone site. It will then have its own cpanel and ftp.

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      I do not know this. I tried to search in Google, and I tried to login with the same login details as cpanel but the WHM wouldn't allow me. This is how I tried. mydomain.com/whm
      a login box appears but it wouldn's accept the details. I clicked on forget password and hostgator help talks about reseting password for cpanel. Are cpanel and whm same or different?
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      • Profile picture of the author Rob Whisonant
        Originally Posted by awledd View Post

        I do not know this. I tried to search in Google, and I tried to login with the same login details as cpanel but the WHM wouldn't allow me. This is how I tried. mydomain.com/whm
        a login box appears but it wouldn's accept the details. I clicked on forget password and hostgator help talks about reseting password for cpanel. Are cpanel and whm same or different?
        If you have a regular hosting plan you will not have access to whm. You need a reseller account, a VPS or a dedicated server to have access to whm.

        If you are using one of the Hostgator baby type plans $4 - $10 you dhould look into getting an entry level reseller plan instead if you are going to have multiple domains etc.

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  • Profile picture of the author johndetlefs
    Can you not just go into cpanel and create a new ftp user with the subdomain folder as their root access?

    I've done that plenty of times when I had to let developers onto my subdomains but wanted to protect my main site. Apologies if I've missed something but I also use Hostgator on a hatchling account and I've never had any troubles.

    -edit- I'm assuming that the developer just needs access to your html files and doesn't need cpanel for any reason, but for SEO I can't think of any?
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    • Profile picture of the author Rob Whisonant
      Originally Posted by johndetlefs View Post

      Can you not just go into cpanel and create a new ftp user with the subdomain folder as their root access?
      Forgot all about jailing an FTP account.

      awledd,

      johndetlefs method here should do what you need, if like he mentions, the developer does not need true cpanel access.

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    • Profile picture of the author awledd
      Originally Posted by johndetlefs View Post

      Can you not just go into cpanel and create a new ftp user with the subdomain folder as their root access?

      I've done that plenty of times when I had to let developers onto my subdomains but wanted to protect my main site. Apologies if I've missed something but I also use Hostgator on a hatchling account and I've never had any troubles.

      -edit- I'm assuming that the developer just needs access to your html files and doesn't need cpanel for any reason, but for SEO I can't think of any?
      I already changed it to WP and gave him the details because I was too late. But I would like to know how this "create a new ftp user with the subdomain folder as their root access" is done. Any youtube videos?
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  • Profile picture of the author awledd
    Thanks but how did you do that? I mean the Google search animation or what?
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    • Profile picture of the author johndetlefs
      Originally Posted by awledd View Post

      Thanks but how did you do that? I mean the Google search animation or what?
      Are you being funny, or serious?
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberAlien
    For those of you who don't think this is possible, it can be done. You can create a cPanel account for different subdomains inside WHM. They don't have to be added in cPanel if you have WHM access.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by Chase Watts View Post

      For those of you who don't think this is possible, it can be done. You can create a cPanel account for different subdomains inside WHM. They don't have to be added in cPanel if you have WHM access.
      MAYBE, WHO KNOWS, but NOT properly! It would require a new user! It can STILL have problems.

      Still, they were talking CPANEL.

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    • Profile picture of the author Kingfish85
      Originally Posted by Chase Watts View Post

      For those of you who don't think this is possible, it can be done. You can create a cPanel account for different subdomains inside WHM. They don't have to be added in cPanel if you have WHM access.
      A couple posts down someone mentioned WHM & the OP replied saying they didn't know what it was. They don't have a reseller account, it's a shared account. 1 login per cPanel. /close thread.
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