A password-protected directory or area is a folder that may be accessed when a username and a password are typed in, so no unauthorized people could observe its content. This option can be used for the primary folder of a particular Internet site or only for a particular subfolder depending on your preferences. For example, if you are building a new site and you do not want people to see it before it's completely ready, you might want to prohibit the access to it as a whole, while if you would like only some people to be able to access certain files, you are able to password-protect only a certain folder, while the other parts of the site could be seen by anyone. Anyway, a “403 Forbidden” error page shall appear in case the login details the visitor types in aren't right. Even a direct link to a file will not work as long as any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Cloud Hosting

All of our Linux cloud hosting include a very useful tool which will allow you to shield any folder within your account from unauthorized access with only two clicks. When you log in to your Hepsia website hosting CP, you'll just have to navigate to the Password Protection section, to select the main domain or subdomain, to specify the folder which should be protected - the root folder or some folder under it, and then to enter the username and the password which should be used to access the content in question. The feature shall be active immediately, so if you try to open the folder/website, you shall be prompted to input the login credentials. You can create or remove multiple usernames for the exact same folder, if necessary. When 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

Securing any folder with a password will be very simple if you host your websites within a semi-dedicated server account with us. A user-friendly tool, that is incorporated into the Hepsia CP, will permit you to pick the exact folder which you want to protect with a few mouse clicks and all you will need to input shall be the username and the password which will be used to access it later on. You'll not encounter any troubles even if you haven't had a website hosting account before, since you do not need any previous knowledge or computer programming skills to activate the feature. If you repeat the same basic steps, you will be able to create many usernames for the same password-protected area, so many people shall be able to access a particular folder with their own login credentials. You'll be able to see the secured folders easily either in precisely the same section of the CP or inside the File Manager section where you will recognize them by their compact padlock icons.