FTP means File Transfer Protocol. It is recommended and always a good practice to change your File Transfer Protocol password once in a while for security reasons.
How to Change the FTP Password via DreamHost Control Panel
Proceed to DreamHost.
Click the first link “Web Panel” at the bottom of the page to log in at the DreamHost Control Panel.
You will be redirected to the “DreamHost: Login” page.
1. Supply the email address and password that you used when you signed up for a web hosting account with DreamHost at the “DreamHost: Login” page to log in at the web control panel.
Click the button “Login”.
You will be redirected to the “DreamHost Web Panel > Home : Welcome” page.
You will read the following text:
Welcome to your DreamHost Control Panel!
This is the control center of your DreamHost account. From here you can configure literally any aspect of your account in no time at all!
When you signed up, we automatically set up your first FTP user, your domain registration (if you so selected), your domain’s hosting with us, and your first email address (just to forward to your current email)!
If things aren’t working yet you may have to wait a day for the new DNS information to propagate across the whole Internet.
Now, you can go install in just one click some weblog software, a forum, a poll, an online store, or even a wiki!
2. Click the link “Manage Users” on the left side under “Toolbox” above the “Main Menu” or click the link “Users” on the right side under “Let’s Get Started”.
You will be redirected to the “DreamHost Web Panel > Users : Manage Users” page.
You will read the following text:
Manage user accounts
Create new users or modify existing user accounts. The fun starts HERE!
3. Find the user you would like to modify and click “Edit” under the column “Actions”.
You will be redirected to another “DreamHost Web Panel > Users : Manage Users” page.
You will read the following text:
Editing User: anyusername (on serve)
Full Name: AnyUsername
Home Directory: /home/anyusername
Enhanced security?
User Account Type:
FTP account – file transfer access only.
SFTP account – allows SFTP (SSH ftp)/FTP file transfer access.
Shell account – allows SFTP/FTP plus ssh access.
Shell Type:
Disallow FTP?:
CPU Reporting:
Enable user CPU usage statistics
(unavailable on DreamHost PS)
New Password:
leave blank for no change
New Password Again:
Pick a password for me
revealed on next page
Leave the other information as it is.
4. Supply the new password on the blank field corresponding to the text “New Password” and “New Password Again” or Click the box corresponding to the text “Pick a password for me”.
Click the button “Save Changes”.
You will be redirected to another “DreamHost Web Panel > Users : Manage Users” page.
You will read the following text:
Manage user accounts
Create new users or modify existing user accounts. The fun starts HERE!
Success!
Successfully edited user anyusername ! Their new password is [samplenewpassword] . The changes will take a few minutes to take effect.
That’s it.
If you would like to check if your new password works, wait for a few minutes before signing in at the WebFTP, the web based FTP client of DreamHost.
You can read the complete details on how to sign in at the WebFTP at the blog entry, How to Set Up a Website, that I wrote a few months ago.