{"id":12101,"date":"2021-10-25T10:18:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T10:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2021-10-25T10:18:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T10:18:07","slug":"change-user-account-to-reseller-account-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/change-user-account-to-reseller-account-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change a User Account to a Reseller Account in DirectAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to convert a user account&#8217;s privileges for an admin. But, DirectAdmin removed the tool to change a user account to a reseller account in April 2021. As for now, the only way to assign reseller privileges to a user account is by running shell commands.<\/p>\n<h2>To Change a User Account to a Reseller Account:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log into your DirectAdmin server from SSH<\/p>\n<p>2. Enter and run these commands:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"font-size:15 lang:default decode:true \"># cd \/usr\/local\/directadmin\/scripts\r\n# .\/user_to_reseller.sh USERNAME<\/pre>\n<p>The DirectAdmin server will configure the user account and change it to be a reseller.<\/p>\n<p>The output will look something like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_convert_user_reseller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_convert_user_reseller.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_convert_user_reseller-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to convert a user account&#8217;s privileges for an admin. 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