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Originally Posted by myleene
There are no reasons for them to request this.
If they couldn't use FTP and use a freshly created mysql DB I would tell them to fuck off. They're either weak sauce and can't use tech well or they're trying to do something shady.
Newly uploaded sites or content on a server should always be verified, tested and isolated before public use.
Same rules apply to domain names. Nobody should request a transfer or rights to admin them.
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There are plenty of reasons to need cpanel access when installing a script or site...We need access to cpanel or whm probably 9 out of 10 times that cpanel is installed on a server in order to install some missing dependencies, create a database, reconfigure something in php, install some missing php module, etc. Not everything that is misconfigured on a server is initially visible using just http to access a script. Sometimes even managed hosts hire techs that can't do anything more then basic cpanel or plesk operation.
That being said, it's more of a customer service thing so someone gets up and running faster and doesn't have to do a week of back and forth with configuration/dependencies. If someone refuses to give that access, no problem - it can be done the long way too.