A password-protected directory or area is a folder that can be accessed only when a username and a password are provided, so no unauthorized people may check out its content. This function can be used for the primary folder of a particular site or only for a certain subfolder depending on your preferences. For example, when you are creating a new website and you do not want people to see it before it is 100% ready, you might want to limit the access to it as a whole, and if you want only some people to be able to access particular files, you could password-protect only a specific folder, while the remainder of the Internet site may be seen by anyone. Regardless, a “403 Forbidden” error page shall appear in case the login details the visitor types in are not correct. Even a direct link to a file won't work if any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Shared Hosting

All of our Linux shared packages feature a really useful tool which will permit you to secure any folder within your account from unauthorized access with just 2 mouse clicks. Once you log in to your Hepsia website hosting CP, you'll only have to visit the Password Protection section, to select the main domain or subdomain, to specify the folder that should be secured - the root folder or some folder under it, and then to enter the username and the password that have to be used to access the content in question. The feature shall be activated immediately, so if you try to open the folder/website, you shall be prompted to type in the login information. You could set up or remove numerous usernames for the same folder, when necessary. If you check out the File Manager section, all password-protected folders will be shown with a compact padlock icon.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you shall be able to protect any content that you've uploaded by using our protection tool. Its interface is as simple and intuitive as that of the Hepsia Control Panel it is part of, so you shall not need to type in any code at any time. You'll only have to pick one of the domains/subdomains you have inside the hosting account and to choose which folder has to be password-protected - the website’s root folder or some folder below it. You can then type the username and the password, that'll be stored in encrypted form in our system, and you will be all set. The protection will be activated immediately, so anyone that tries to access the recently protected folder will have to input the right login details. If several people should be able to access the exact same content, you could make a separate username for each of them.