Sharing Account logins with developers
If they need access to the control panel for something, I can do those jobs for them. As far as I know the control panel is not accessed as frequently as other things like FTP.
So is it possible that I get a Linode account and the main account login (that shows my identity and payment information) is only known to me but I can share various logins like FTP and myPHPAdmin account logins with the developers?
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You should create a separate account for each person you want to be able to access your VPS. Do not have people share accounts; it becomes difficult or impossible to control effectively.
Edit to add: Also note that many web applications have their own account system. For example, WordPress accounts can be created and assigned certain permissions - these accounts do not correspond to login accounts on the VPS. People should be assigned the lowest level of access that allows them to accomplish their work (principle of least privilege).