How to allow the site owner to log in to control panel (Plesk)

  • Synopsis

    This guide will show you how to allow the site owner to log into the Parallels Plesk Panel.
  • Applicable to

    All SherWeb Web hosting accounts
  • Prerequisite

    • a SherWeb Web hosting account
  • How to

    1. Log into your Parallels Plesk Panel.
    2. Click on the Domains icon in the Domains section. webhost_upgrdaccn_1
    3. Click on the domain name of the account to which you want to give access. webhost_upgrdaccn_2
    4. Click on the Domain Administrator Access icon in the Domain Administration section. webhost_allowaccess_1
    5. Enter the password that you will give to the site owner. webhost_allowaccess_2

    Note: For security reasons, the password should be more than 8 symbols, and it should comprise a combination of letters, numbers, and punctuation; dictionary words and proper names should be avoided.

    1. Configure the appearance of your user's control panel. For more informations visit [Error: FAQ not found]
    2. Leave the Allow multiple sessions check box selected to allow the site owner to have several simultaneous sessions in the control panel.
    3. Leave the Prevent users from working with the control panel until interface screens are completely loaded check box selected.

    Note: This will forbid users from submitting data or performing operations until the control panel is ready to accept them.
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    1. Specify the operations that the site owner will be able to perform in his or her control panel :
    • Physical hosting management: Allow or disallow full control of the hosting account and Web space.
    • Hosting performance settings management (available only for Windows hosting): Specify whether the user will be able to limit bandwidth usage and number of connections to his or her Web site.
    • Manage FTP password (available only for Linux hosting): Specify whether the user will be able to manage the FTP password.
    • Management of access to server over SSH (available only for Linux hosting) or Management of access to server over Remote Desktop (available only for Windows hosting): Specify whether the user will be able to access the server shell through Secure Shell or Remote Desktop protocols. Note that allowing access to the server also poses a potential threat to the server security.
    • Hard disk quota assignment: Specify whether the user will be able to assign hard quota on disk space for this Web site.
    • Subdomains management: Specify whether the user will be able to set up additional sites under this domain.
    • Domain aliases management: Specify whether the user will be able to set up additional alternative domain names for this site.
    • Log rotation management: Specify whether the user will be able to adjust the cleanup and recycling of processed log files for this sites.
    • Anonymous FTP management: Specify whether the user will be able to have an FTP directory where all other users could download and upload files without the need to enter login and password. A Web site should reside on a dedicated IP address in order to use anonymous FTP service.
    • FTP accounts management (available only for Windows-based hosting): Specify whether the user will be able to create and manage additional FTP accounts.
    • Scheduler management: Specify whether the user will be able to schedule tasks in the system. Scheduled tasks can be used for running scripts or utilities on schedule.
    • DNS zone management: Specify whether the user will be able to manage the DNS zone of this site.
    • Java applications management: Specify whether the user will be able to install Java applications and applets on the site.
    • Web statistics management: Specify whether the user will be able to manage Web statistics for this site.
    • Mailing lists management: Specify whether the user will be able to use mailing lists.
    • Spam filter management: Specify whether the user will be able to use spam filter.
    • Antivirus management: Specify whether the user will be able to use server-side antivirus protection for filtering incoming and outgoing mail.
    • Allow backing up and restoring data: Specify whether the user will be able to use the control panel's facilities to back up and restore the site.
    • Ability to use Sitebuilder: Specify whether the user will be able to use Sitebuilder for creating and editing his or her Web site.
    • IIS application pool management (available only for Windows hosting): Specify whether the user will be able to manage his or her IIS application pool.
    • Additional write/modify permissions management (available only for Windows hosting): Specify whether the user will be able to manage additional write/modify permissions for this site. These permissions are required if user's Web applications are using a file-based database (like Jet) located in the root of httpdocs or httpsdocs folders. Please note that selecting this option might seriously compromise the Web site security.
    • Home page management: Specify whether the customer will be able to customize his or her Home page.
    • Ability to select a database server: Specify whether the customer will be able to select a database server of each type for creating his or her databases, not only use the default database server.

  1. (Optional)Fill out the site owner's contact information form. webhost_allowaccess_4
  2. Click on OK.

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