Do not fill user's home folder

Fearghal

• April 20, 2015 08:23

Hi, I am currently trying to use cPanel for a slightly different purpose than hosting public facing websites. I need to stop cPanel from automatically adding files to the users home directory such as public_html, public_ftp etc. I've tried using a bash script to delete the files after account creation but it doesnt work. Can anyone suggest how I could allow WHM to create an account, but not to fill the user directory with the default files? Thanks

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 21, 2015 15:17

  Hello, There's the "Skeleton Directory" feature, but using that that won't prevent the creation of every directory and file. Could you let us know what bash script you are using and how you have implemented it? Thank you.

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  Fearghal

  • April 21, 2015 21:45

  Hi Michael Thanks, yes ive tried to use the skeleton directory but it still creates all the other files. I would like there to be nothing inside the users folder. I tried the following command inside postwwwacct: rm -rf /home/virtfs/home/$user/* The above command does not work. Any help would be great!

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 22, 2015 17:04

  Hello, You should not modify or remove files directly from the VirtFS directory. It can result in serious problems with your file system. This is documented at:

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  Fearghal

  • April 22, 2015 20:24

  Hi Michael, thanks for that. I have placed the script in all 3 of the locations specified in the account creation output but none of them are calling the script. Running post creation scripts (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/legacypostwwwacct, /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/postwwwacct, /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/postwwwacctuser)......Done The script is #!/bin/bash wall called I am not getting any broadcasts after creating an account. Do you know why this script is not running? Thanks

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  Fearghal

  • April 24, 2015 00:00

  Update: Hi Michael, I was able to resolve the issue using your standardized webhooks. Everything is working for me now. Thanks for your help.

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 24, 2015 16:53

  I am happy to see the issue is now resolved. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.

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