Question
- Is it possible to change the name of the Special system FTP user account for a Subscription?
Answer
- Log into Plesk
- Go to Subscriptions > example.com > Hosting & DNS > Hosting > System user's credentials section.
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Change the name of the system user in the Username field
- Press Save
Note: The System user and the Special FTP user usernames are always the same and that is expected
- Log into the server via SSH
- Execute the command below to change system user of the
example.comsubscription to johndoe:# plesk bin subscription --update example.com -login johndoe
Note: replace the johndoe with the name of the required system user.
- Log into the server via RDP
- Open the command prompt as an Administrator
- Execute the command below to change system user of the
example.comsubscription to johndoe:C:> plesk bin subscription --update example.com -login johndoe
Note: replace the johndoe with the name of the required system user.