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Skeleton Directory

Valid for versions 94 through the latest version

Version:

94

Last modified: June 13, 2024

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Note:

Your hosting provider can enable or disable this interface for resellers in WHM's Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges interface (WHM >> Home >> Resellers >> Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges).

Overview

This interface displays the location of the skeleton directory. The skeleton directory allows you to easily copy the same files into every new account’s public_html and public_ftp directories when the system creates the account. For example, this can include predefined Error Pages for accounts.

Warning:

We removed this interface in cPanel & WHM version 116. However, you can still create and administer skeleton directories with the instructions below.

Create a skeleton directory

To set up the skeleton directory for new accounts, perform the following steps:

  1. Plan and create the content that you wish to supply for your new users.
  2. Place the appropriate files and subdirectories in the appropriate directory:
    • /root/cpanel3-skel/public_html — A skeleton directory for the root user.
    • /home/reseller/cpanel3-skel/public_html — A skeleton directory for a reseller, where home represents the name of the home partition, and reseller represents the reseller’s username.
      Note:

      The system copies these files to the new accounts’ public_html directories when it creates accounts.

  3. Place the appropriate FTP-related files in the appropriate directory:
    • /root/cpanel3-skel/public_ftp — A skeleton FTP directory for the root user.
    • /home/reseller/cpanel3-skel/public_ftp — A skeleton FTP directory for a reseller, where home represents the name of the home partition, and reseller represents the reseller’s username.
      Note:

      The new user can access these files via an FTP client.

Important:
  • When a visitor accesses http://example.com/, they will see the contents of example.com’s public_html directory.
  • When a visitor accesses http://example.com/subdirectory, they will see the contents of example.com’s public_html/subdirectory.
  • FTP users can download the contents of the public_ftp directory.

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