A password-protected directory or area is a folder which can be accessed only if a username and a password are typed in, so no unauthorized people could look at its content. This feature could be used for the primary folder of a certain website or just for a particular subfolder depending on your needs. As an illustration, when you are developing a new website and you don't want people to see it before it is completely ready, you might want to restrict the access to it completely, and if you want only some individuals to be able to access specific files, you are able to password-protect only a specific folder, while the rest of the Internet site can be seen by anybody. Regardless, a “403 Forbidden” error page shall appear in case the login details the visitor enters are not correct. Even a direct link to a file will not work if any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Shared Hosting

All our Linux shared hosting come with an exceptionally useful tool that'll enable you to protect any folder in your account from unauthorized access with simply two mouse clicks. As soon as you log in to your Hepsia hosting CP, you will just have to visit the Password Protection section, to select the main domain or subdomain, to specify the folder which needs to be protected - the root folder or some folder under it, and then to type the username and the password which have to be used so as to access the content in question. The function shall be active at once, so if you make an effort to open the folder/website, you will be prompted to input the login info. You can create or remove many usernames for the very same folder, if needed. When you navigate to the File Manager section, all password-protected folders will be shown with a small padlock icon.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Protecting any folder with a password shall be quite simple if you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us. A user-friendly tool, that's integrated into the Hepsia Control Panel, will enable you to pick the specific folder you would like to protect with a couple of mouse clicks and all you will have to enter will be the username and the password which will be used to access it afterwards. You won't experience any troubles even if you have not had a website hosting account before, due to the fact that you do not need any previous knowledge or programming skills to enable the feature. If you repeat the same basic steps, you shall be able to create many usernames for the same password-protected area, so many people shall be able to access a given folder with their own login credentials. You will be able to see the protected folders at a glance either in the same section of the CP or in the File Manager section where you shall identify them by their little padlock icons.