A password-protected directory or area is a folder that could be accessed when a username and a password are typed in, so no unauthorized individuals can look at its content. This function may be used for the primary folder of a particular website or only for a particular subfolder in accordance with your preferences. As an illustration, if you are developing a new Internet site and you do not want people to see it before it is ready, you might want to limit the access to it as a whole, whereas if you would like only some individuals to be able to access certain files, you are able to password-protect only a certain folder, while the remainder of the website may be seen by anyone. In either case, a “403 Forbidden” error page will appear when the login details the visitor types in aren't right. Even a direct link to a file shall not work so long as any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Shared Hosting

Creating a password-protected area shall take just several mouse clicks and a few seconds if you host your websites within a shared hosting account with us. You'll not need to do anything difficult - you'll have to pick a domain/subdomain, to pick which folder under it should be protected, and then to type in the login name and password that will be used to access that folder. If a number of people need their own login credentials, there shall not be a problem to set up a variety of different usernames with access to the same exact folder. All protected folders will appear with a padlock icon inside the File Manager section, so you will always know where this feature is activated. If you want to deactivate the security feature for any folder, you can disable it from the same exact section of the Control Panel where you have enabled it.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Servers

Protecting any folder with a password will be quite simple if you host your Internet sites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company. A user-friendly tool, that's built into the Hepsia CP, will enable you to pick the specific folder you'd like to secure with a few clicks and all you'll have to input shall be the username and the password that will be used to access it later on. You will not encounter any issues even if you have not had a web hosting account before, since you don't need any previous knowledge or computer programming skills to switch on the feature. If you repeat the same simple steps, you will be able to set up numerous usernames for the same password-protected area, so many people shall be able to access a given folder with their own login details. You'll be able to see the secured folders conveniently either in precisely the same section of the Control Panel or within the File Manager section where you shall recognize them by their small padlock icons.