A password-protected directory or area is a folder that could be accessed only if a username and a password are typed in, so no unauthorized individuals may see its content. This feature may be used for the main folder of a specific Internet site or just for a specific subfolder based on your preferences. As an illustration, if you are creating a new site and you don't want people to see it prior to it being 100% ready, you may want to prohibit the access to it altogether, while if you need only some people to be able to access particular files, you'll be able to password-protect only a certain folder, while the rest of the site may be seen by anyone. Anyway, a “403 Forbidden” error page shall appear if the login details the visitor inputs are not correct. Even a direct link to a file will not work given that any folder above it is password-protected.
Password Protected Directories in Shared Hosting
Creating a password-protected area shall take no more than a couple of clicks and a few seconds when you host your sites inside a shared hosting account with us. You'll not have to do anything difficult - you will need to pick a domain/subdomain, to pick which folder under it should be secured, and then to enter the login name and password which will be used to access that folder. If a number of people require their own login details, there won't be a problem to set up a number of different usernames with access to the same folder. All protected folders will appear with a padlock icon inside the File Manager section, so you will always know where this function is active. If you would like to deactivate the security feature for any folder, you can deactivate it from the exact same section of the Control Panel in which you have enabled it.
Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Servers
Protecting any folder with a password shall be really easy if you host your Internet sites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company. A user-friendly tool, which is built into the Hepsia CP, will enable you to select the specific folder you would like to protect with a couple of clicks and all you will have to enter will be the username and the password that'll be used to access it later on. You won't encounter any complications even if you haven't had a website hosting account before, considering that you don't need any previous knowledge or coding skills to enable the feature. If you repeat the same simple steps, you will be able to create numerous usernames for the same password-protected area, so numerous individuals will be able to access a particular folder with their own login credentials. You shall be able to see the secured folders instantly either in exactly the same section of the CP or in the File Manager section where you shall identify them by their small padlock icons.