Upgrade a User to a Reseller. Assume that user name is ‘staysafe’.

cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts
./user_to_reseller.sh staysafe

Upgrading a Reseller to an Admin. Assume that reseller name is ‘bdtopten’.

cd /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/bdtopten
perl -pi -e 's/usertype=reseller/usertype=admin/' user.conf
cd /usr/local/directadmin/data/admin
perl -pi -e 's/^bdtopten\n//' reseller.list
echo bdtopten>> admin.list

Downgrading a Reseller to a User. Assume that reseller name is ‘kitedubd’ and ‘kitedubd’ has no users.

1. Change user type at user.conf

   vi /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/kitedubd/user.conf

2. Change as follows

   usertype=user

3. Update admin reseller list, remove ‘kitedubd’

   vi /usr/local/directadmin/data/admin/reseller.list

4. Update admin user list, add ‘kitedubd’

   vi /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/admin/users.list

5. Done!