Virtual Server Documentation

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Virtual Server User Accounts
You can give others access to your Virtual Server by providing them with Virtual Server user accounts. Virtual Server user accounts allow configured users to recieve e-mail at your Virtual Server and to upload files to your Virtual Server.

• Virtual Server E-Mail
• Transferring Files To and From a Virtual Server

Creating and Configuring User Accounts
There are several methods you can use to create and configure user accounts on your Virtual Server.

• iManager
  iManager Tools and Wizards allow you to use your own web browser to easily create and configure user accounts.

• Telnet/SSH
  You can create and configure user accounts during a Telnet/SSH session with your Virtual Server. Connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH and use the following commands.

  • vadduser
    Create and modify user accounts using the vadduser command.

     
    % vadduser 
    

    This interactive utility will guide you step-by-step through the user account creation process.

    • Choosing a Password

    FTP and e-mail services are added to each user account by default. If you want the user account to have both FTP and e-mail privileges, just hit the "Enter" key when asked to accept the defaults.

    For the user account to have FTP privileges only, deselect the e-mail privileges by entering "mail". For the user account to have e-mail privileges only, deselect the FTP prvileges by entering "ftp". If you need to add a service not currently in the list enclosed by the square brackets ("[ ]"), then type name of the service ("mail" or "ftp") and hit the "Enter" key.

    NOTE: FTP service must be enabled if user account e-mail will be accessed via IMAP.

  • vpasswd
    Use the vpasswd command to change user account passwords.

     
    % vpasswd USERNAME 
    

  • vlistuser
    List all configured user accounts using the vlistuser command.

     
    % vlistuser 
    

Removing User Accounts
You can use the same methods to remove user accounts from your Virtual Server.

• iManager
  iManager Tools and Wizards allow you to use your own web browser to easily remove user accounts.

• Telnet/SSH
  You can remove user accounts during a Telnet/SSH session with your Virtual Server. Connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH and use the following command.

  • vrmuser
    Issue the vrmuser command to remove a user account.

     
    % vrmuser