clientname FTP user prefix does not make sense

[kanour]

Hi.

Please can you explain me the logic behind having FTP user with a clientname or clientID?

Example:
One client have got 5 websites.
Every website has got different users.
Every user should have FTP access to its own user folder.

Can you explain why to disclose CLIENTNAME login to an ordinary user?

Maybe I am missing something...

[till]

FTP users on a server have to be unique for the whole server, not just for a domain. So you can not have a FTP user "admin" on each site without using a prefix, as the username admin can only be used once on the whole server.

If you dont want to use prefixes, then you can disable them under System > Interface config. But you should be aare that you will get error messages then if you add a duplicate FTP user even if the customer cant see this user as it belongs to another customer.

[kanour]

Hi.

Is there a way to choose prefix with domainname rather then a clientname? Users remember combination with domainname better then clientid or clientname. Also the domain name does not expose unique clientname, which is used for ispconfig manager login.

Thank you

[till]

The prefixes are described in chapter "4.9.2.4 Interface Config" of the ISPConfig 3 manual. The available options are [CLIENTID] and [CLIENTNAME].