# Unable to specify Home dir when adding FTP user

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/unable-to-specify-home-dir-when-adding-ftp-user/31617>\
**Category:** Virtualmin\
**Created:** [January 23, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/unable-to-specify-home-dir-when-adding-ftp-user/31617 "2009-01-23T14:13:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hal9000](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hal9000](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Hal9000)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/unable-to-specify-home-dir-when-adding-ftp-user/31617/1 "2009-01-23T14:13:51Z")

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Hi there!  
If I log in as root and add an FTP user to a domain, I get the possibility to specify a web directory as "Home directory" under "Quota and home directory settings".  
However, if I log in as the domain administrator, I am not given such an option.  
I have searched for the domain settings and permissions, but found nothing…  
Can anyone give me a tip here? Am I missing something or is this a bug? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/unable-to-specify-home-dir-when-adding-ftp-user/31617/2 "2009-01-23T15:05:52Z")

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While I haven’t figured out your SpamAssassin issue yet, this one I think I can help with 😉

If you log into Virtualmin as root, and go into System Settings -\> Module Config, choose Server Administrator Permissions, I think "Can select home directories for users?" is what you may want there.  
-Eric

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**Author:** ![Hal9000](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hal9000](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Hal9000)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/unable-to-specify-home-dir-when-adding-ftp-user/31617/3 "2009-01-23T15:53:37Z")

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ohhh ok… well that option also allows to set homes for mail users etc… so i guess i’ll better leave it off 😛  
thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/unable-to-specify-home-dir-when-adding-ftp-user/31617/4 "2020-04-30T05:45:06Z")

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Closed on April 30, 2020, 5:45am UTC