- With WHM opened in your browser, type ‘skel’ into the search box(a), this will sort the menu options for you. Then find and click “Skeleton Directory”(b).
- On the Skeleton Directory page you will see the path to the default Skeleton directory. Below that you will find a short description of how this folder is used.
In most cases the WHM/cPanel skeleton directory can be found at: /root/cpanel3-skel
While unlikely, this folder may change in certain edge cases or potentially with WHM version changes. - In order to utilize this folder you will first need to add files, or folders, to this directory via FTP. Once you’ve placed files, or folders, in this directory you can create a new cPanel account and these items will be copied in automatically.
Managing your skeleton directory in WHM
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis article will show you how to create a default placeholder home page for your cPanel accounts. The ‘skeleton directory’ on linux based systems is a directory where default files and folders can be placed, upon creation of a new account these files will be duplicated into the new users folders.