You can set up a password-protected directory (it doesn't work for individual files, only directories!) through the "Goodies > Htaccess / WebDAV" area of our Web Panel. Here's how:
- If you have more than one domain with us, click on the domain you'd like to protect a directory under.
- Click on "Set up a new directory" (or "Add Another" if you already have one).
- On the next page:
- Enter the directory you'd like to protect (leave it blank to protect the entire domain.
- Enter the name you'd like to call this area (this will appear in the pop-up window asking for your password).
- Enter a list of all the valid usernames and passwords, each pair on the same line separated by a space, one pair per line, for this password-protected directory.
- (optionally set up WebDAV and/or "Link Protection")
- Click the button!
- Within five minutes that directory on your site will be protected!
You can also accomplish the same thing with shell commands. Using shell commands to password protect directories.
After password-protecting your directory, you can also customize the error message users receive when they enter the wrong username and password.
Last updated: Nov 05, 2004. |
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Official Reply (2005-06-28 17:30:48
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does webdav/password protecting a directory affect Ftp uploads?
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User Post (2005-11-23 14:42:45 by baldurlokii)
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How do you turn off Directory Indexing?
I have password protected the directory, but once someone has gained access, I want them to not able to navigate around the directory.
Thanks
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User Post (2005-09-18 11:00:55 by joyeuse)
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I did something dumb, set up a protected directory, and now I can't remember the password! How do I remove the password protection? Or, alternatively, is there a way to look up the password?
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User Post (2005-03-31 21:31:29 by martz)
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Be careful if you decide to use this feature to password-protect a WordPress directory -- it altered my .htaccess file and delted the WordPress information from it, forcing me to reinstall WordPress.
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User Post (2005-03-17 13:40:39 by joeygun)
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Can wild card characters be used to protect all subdirectories below a directory you do not want to protect?
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User Post (2005-01-16 15:20:46 by sgrainer)
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I tried to password-protect a directory after using an "AddType php-cgi .html" statement (to force the server to parse .html pages as PHP pages) in a higher-level .htaccess file, and kept receiving the error message: "No input file selected." I fiddled around and found that the AddType statement was causing the password protection to break for some reason. (When it was removed, password protection worked perfectly; otherwise, I would receive the same error as above and no login dialog box.) Instead of using the "AddType php-cgi .html", I used "AddType application/x-httpd-php .html" and both the PHP parsing and the password protection worked. Hope this helps others who might have the same problems.
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User Post (2004-05-12 14:59:14 by frontweb)
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You can also block/allow by IP addresses, if that makes more sense. Say your company has internet access using a static IP -- you can set things up so only traffic from that IP can see the site. There's more information on this at http://home.golden.net/htaccess.html
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Password-Protecting Directories