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How do I setup accounts with the FTP home directory at /var/www/html?
  1. Add the email/FTP user account you want to the VDS.
  2. Connect to the VDS as VDS owner via SSH.
  3. Go to /ftp/pub and remove the directory with the name of the user.
  4. Create a symbolic link to the /var/www/html from the name of the email/FTP user account from under the /ftp/pub folder.
For example if you want the email/FTP user account which is named "webmaster" to have FTP access to /var/www/html, please follow these steps:
  1. Create under the VDS the email/FTP user account named "webmaster".
  2. Connect to the VDS as VDS owner via SSH.
  3. Go to the /ftp/pub folder and remove the "webmaster" folder by:
    rm -r webmaster
  4. Create the symbolic link by:
    ln -s /var/www/html webmaster

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