


To create an FTP account, perform the following steps:Įnter the desired username in the Log In text box. To view past FTP connections to your site, navigate to the Raw Access interface ( cPanel > Home > Metrics > Raw Access). For more information about SFTP, read our How To Configure Your SFTP Client documentation. SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) allows you to transfer files over a secure connection. You can use your cPanel account’s username and password to log in to FTP. Otherwise, you must use the full FTP account username (account, at-symbol, and domain name) and password to log in to FTP.

If the account uses a dedicated IP address, you can use your cPanel account’s username and password to log in to FTP. Your hosting provider can adjust this number. On servers that use Pure-FTPd, the system will only return the first 10,000 files in each folder.cPanel & WHM supports the ProFTPD and Pure-FTPd FTP server daemons. To determine which FTP server daemon that your server uses, contact your hosting provider.
