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Introduction

DirectAdmin is a web-based hosting control panel that allows administrators to manage various aspects of hosting accounts, including user management and reseller assignments. Moving a user between resellers in DirectAdmin is necessary when restructuring hosting account ownership or managing reseller client allocations. This guide will explain how to move a user from one reseller to another using DirectAdmin commands, ensuring proper account reallocation while maintaining user data and settings intact.

Prerequisite

• SSH access to server, with root privileges
• Basic understanding of DirectAdmin commands

Step-by-step guide

Step 1: Access to your server via SSH

• SSH into the server and gain root privileges by command below.

  sudo su -

Step 2: Change reseller for user

• Run command below to change reseller for the user.

  /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/move_user_to_reseller.sh <user> <current reseller> <new reseller>

Conclusion

By going through this guidance, you will be able to move a user between resellers for DirectAdmin using the appropriate command, efficiently reallocating user accounts.