A password-protected directory or area is a folder that can be accessed only if a username and a password are entered, so no unauthorized individuals may view its content. This feature could be used for the main folder of a particular Internet site or just for a particular subfolder based upon your needs. As an illustration, when you are developing a new website and you do not want people to see it before it is 100% ready, you may want to limit the access to it entirely, while if you want only some individuals to be able to access certain files, you'll be able to password-protect only a specific folder, while the remainder of the website could be seen by anyone. In either case, a “403 Forbidden” error page shall appear when the login details the visitor enters are not correct. Even a direct link to a file won't work as long as any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Shared Website Hosting

If you use any of our shared website hosting products, you shall be able to set up password-protected areas easily even if you have zero experience with this kind of matters. We have included a really easy-to-use point-and-click tool into the Hepsia CP, supplied with all accounts, so you'll be able to protect any folder within just a few seconds. You will have to select a domain or a subdomain and the particular folder which should be protected (the primary one or a subfolder), and then to enter the username and password that'll be used to access the folder in question in the future. Any protected folder shall have padlock icon within the File Manager section, so you will be able to see at a glance what content is secured and what's not. When necessary, you may create several different sets of login credentials for the same folder.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will be able to secure any content you have 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 will not have to input any code at any time. You will simply have to choose one of the domains/subdomains which you have in the website hosting account and to select which folder should be password-protected - the website’s root folder or some folder below it. You may then input the username and the password, that will be stored in encrypted form in our system, and you will be ready. The protection will be enabled immediately, so anyone who attempts to access the freshly secured folder will have to enter the right login info. In case a number of people should be able to access the exact same content, you can create a separate username for each.