How can I switch cpanel user on the upper right corner?
Hi,
How can I switch from current user cPanel to another cPanel user, inside cPanel?
I have a customer that has this hability on his domains.
But I haven't figured out yet how I can do that in my WHM VPS!
Please, see the two pictures attached.
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Hey there! This would only show up when accessing the cPanel account as the root user, through the WHM >> List Accounts page. Can you try accessing the user that way and see if it shows up? 0 -
I can't see how to do it through the WHM >> List Accounts page. There is no button, or link, or any other thing I see there, that alouds me to do it :( 0 -
The button isn't in List Accounts, but it will be available when you access a cPanel account as root from the WHM >> List Accounts page. Try accessing a cPanel account from there. 0 -
Ok, I understood it now. It was not easy because there was more to it than it seems at first sight. I made some notes to myself that I share here, in case anyone has the same doubt. one cpanel account has (only) one user and (only) one owner and they are different, except if the cpanel account is a reseller account so, that cpanel account can be access by (and simultaneously): - cpanel account user - cpanel account owner you need to understand these different elements: - WHM root user (owner) - WHM reseller user (owner) - cpanel account - cpanel account user - cpanel account owner when you log with an account that is either the onwer of another account you can switch between both accounts in the upper right menu switch, in cpanel that menu is not visible if you login into cpanel with the cpanel user except if that cpanel user is the owner of another account this means that the cpanel user can switch between its cpanel account (of which curiously he is not the onwer) and the cpanel accounts that he is the owner of usually, the cpanel account owner is not the cpanel account user the cpanel account owner is either root or a reseller user however, the cpanel account user can also be that cpanel account owner if that is set when the cpanel account was being created or later, by changing the ownership of that account in a fresh WHM installation, there is only the root account this means that there are no reseller users, nor cpanel users, nor cpanel accounts but, each one of these three can be created at will if you do not have a VPS with WHM, but instead a reseller account you may or may not create sub-reseller accounts depending on the hosting reseller package you have contracted with your hosting you can login into MULTIPLE cpanel accounts simultaneously (using the switch cpanel account menu) using only one user and password by these 3 different ways: 1 - login into WHM with root, list accounts, click in the cpanel logo situated in the cpanel account line 2 - do exactly the same the same thing, but using a reseller account instead of the root user 3 - login into cpanel with a cpanel user that is the owner of another cpanel account to accomplish point 3, this needs to be done: - change an existing account from normal WHM cpanel account to WHM reseller account - or create a new cpanel account with reseller permissions - change the ownership of a second account from root to that reseller so, the cpanel of this second account can now be accessed by its: - cpanel account user or by its - cpanel account owner meaning, you can upgrade an existing cpanel account to reseller and when you log into that cpanel account with it's user you will also access the other cpanel accounts in which you changed its ownership to that of that cpanel's user that now is also a reseller in WHM, it is not possible to have more than one admin user there is only one admin user (which is the root user) however, in WHMCS you can have admins beside root in cpanel, the situation is the same as with WHM (and not as WHMCS) it is not possible to have more than one admin user (the only admin is the root user) but the cpanel account can be accessed both by the user and by the reseller and those are two different logins: - cpanel user account - reseller user account if a cpanel user is the owner of multiple cpanel accounts he can switch easily between that a group of cpanel accounts that includes its original cpanel account and the multiple cpanel accounts he owns he can switch between them by using the upper right menu switch, inside cpanel that menu is not visible if that cpanel user is not the owner of any account curiously, by default the cpanel user is not the owner of its account its account owner is either root or a reseller account except if that cpanel account was defined as a reseller account at its creation moment or changed later on 0
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