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Managing Web Users With Webuser.exe Utility

Webuser.exe utility allows you to manage web users. Using this utility, you can:

Webuser.exe is located in %plesk_dir%admin\bin\. Available commands and options are listed in tables below.

Usage:
webuser.exe command <login_name> [options]

Example of usage:

webuser.exe --create "johndoe" -domain domain1.com -passwd "MyPass" -php true -quota 50

Available commands:

Command

Parameter

Action

Example

--create or -c

<login_name>

creates web user account

To create web user account with login Jonny and password 'somepass' on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe --create Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -passwd somepass

--update or -u

<login_name>

updates existing web user account with data specified by options

Examples of updating various domain parameters are provided in the table below

--remove or -r

<login_name>

deletes web user account

To delete Jonny web user account from sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe --remove Jonny -domain sampledomain.com

--info or -i

<login_name>

retrieves web user accout information

To view information on Jonny web user account on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe --info Jonny -domain sampledomain.com

--help or -h

 

displays help on the utility usage

To view help on the utility usage:

webuser.exe -h

Available options:

Option

Parameter

Note

Example

-domain

<domain_name>

defines name of a domain containing web user account (required for all commands except --help)

see examples in the table above

-passwd

<passwd>

sets up web user password (required for creation)

To change password for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain to 'somepass' :

webuser.exe --update Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -passwd somepass

-quota

<MB>

defines maximum amount of hard disk space that can be used by web user (in Megabytes, 0 for unlimited)

To set hard disk quota for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain to 20 MB:

webuser.exe -u Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -quota 20

-php

<true|false>

enables/disables PHP support for web user (default: false)

To enable PHP support for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe -u Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -php true

-ssi

<true|false>

enables/disables SSI support for web user (default: false)

To enable SSI support for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe -u Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -ssi true

-cgi

<true|false>

enables/disables CGI support for web user (default: false)

To enable CGI support for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe -u Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -cgi true

-perl

<true|false>

enables/disables Perl support for web user (default: false)

To enable Perl support for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe -u Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -perl true

-python

<true|false>

enables/disables Python support for web user (default: false)

To enable Python support for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe -u Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -python true

-asp

<true|false>

enables/disables Microsoft ASP support for web user (default: false)

To enable Microsoft ASP support for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe -u Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -asp true

-asp_dot_net

 

<true|false>

 

enables/disables Microsoft ASP.NET support for web user (default: false)

 

To enable Microsoft ASP.NET support for Jonny web user on sampledomain.com domain:

webuser.exe -u Jonny -domain sampledomain.com -asp_dot_net true

See Also

Creation Utilities

Configuring Server With Init_conf.exe Utility

Changing Control Panel Appearance With Server_pref.exe Utility

Managing IP Addresses With Ipmanage.exe Utility

Client Account Management With Client.exe and Client_pref.exe Utilities

Managing Domains With Domain.exe and Domain_pref.exe Utilities

Managing Databases With Database.exe Utility

Managing Mail Accounts With Mail.exe Utility

Managing Mailing Lists With Maillist.exe Utility

Managing Spam Filtering With Spamassassin.exe Utility

Managing Web Protection For Domain Directories With Protdir.exe Utility

Managing Anonymous FTP Service With Anonftp.exe Utility

Managing Subdomains With Subdomain.exe Utility