A password-protected directory or area is a folder which can be accessed when a username and a password are typed in, so no unauthorized people can see its content. This feature may be used for the primary folder of a particular website or only for a certain subfolder based on your preferences. For instance, when you are developing a new site and you don't want people to see it before it's 100% ready, you need to limit the access to it altogether, while if you want only some individuals to be able to access certain files, you could password-protect only a particular folder, while the remainder of the Internet site may be seen by everyone. In either case, a “403 Forbidden” error page shall appear when the login details the visitor enters aren't right. Even a direct link to a file shall not work given that any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Website Hosting

All our website hosting feature a really useful tool that'll permit you to protect any folder in your account from unauthorized access with just 2 clicks. When you log in to your Hepsia hosting CP, you'll simply have to navigate to the Password Protection section, to pick the main domain or subdomain, to specify the folder which should be secured - the root folder or some folder under it, and then to input the username and the password that must be used in order to access the content in question. The feature shall be activated straightaway, so in case you attempt to open the folder/website, you will be prompted to type in the login info. You can set up or remove a number of usernames for the exact same folder, if required. When you go to the File Manager section, all password-protected folders will be indicated by a little padlock icon.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, you shall be able to protect any content that you have uploaded by using our protection tool. Its interface is as basic and intuitive as that of the Hepsia CP it's part of, so you shall not have to type in any code at any time. You'll only have to choose one of the domains/subdomains that you have in the web hosting account and to choose which folder needs to be password-protected - the website’s root folder or some folder below it. Then you can input the username and the password, which will be stored in encrypted form in our system, and you'll be all set. The protection will be activated immediately, so anyone that tries to access the freshly secured folder will have to input the accurate login details. If various people should be able to access the same content, you could make a separate username for each of them.