THE VIRTUAL SERVER HANDBOOK

Using iRoot

With iRoot you can maintain your server by doing the following:

Adding Email and FTP users

Changing Email and FTP users  passwords

Removing Email and FTP users

Adding, Deleting, and Updating your Email aliases

Changing your server Root password

To install iRoot

To install iRoot telnet or SSH to your virtual server and type the following

commands:

% cd

% tar  xvf /usr/local/contrib/iroot.tar

To run iRoot

1.

Enter the following URL into your web browser substituting

 with your domain name:

http://yourdomain.com/cgi bin/admin/gateway.cgi

/

or

http://yourdomain.com/cgi bin/admin/vs/gateway.cgi

/

2.

Enter your virtual server root user id and  password.

3.

Click Start iRoot (you may need to scroll down a bit).

Adding Email and FTP Users   vadduser

1.

Go to the vadduser Wizard   Username section.

2.

Enter a new username, click Next.

3.

Enter the new user s password and confirm, click Next.

4.

At the Full Name screen enter the users full name, click Next.

5.

At the FTP Privileges screen, decide whether or not you want the user

to have FTP privileges. If No, click Next to confirm the user settings

you have chosen. If Yes, click Next to select the home directory you

want the user to have, click Next.

6.

At the FTP Quota screen, select the disk space you want to allocate to

the user, click Next to confirm the user settings you have chosen.

Note: While using the vadduser Wizard or any of the iRoot Wizards, use

the Prev and Next buttons to navigate forward and back to make any

changes you need before confirming your decisions.

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