If you wish to keep some content concealed from the public eye, you can enable password protection for a given folder - either the primary website folder or any other one below it. In case this function is active, a pop-up shall appear anytime a person attempts to open the folder in question or clicks on a direct link that goes a few levels deeper, so login details will be needed for www.domain.com/folder/image.jpg if you have secured only the domain.com folder. If the credentials aren't valid, a “403 Forbidden” message will appear and there isn't any way to get around this restriction, so you can be certain that no one shall be able access the protected content. The function may be beneficial in numerous scenarios - if only certain people need to be able to see particular files, if you are developing a website and you don't want people to see it before it's completed, etc.

Password Protected Directories in Cloud Hosting

All our Linux cloud hosting feature an exceptionally useful tool that'll allow you to protect any folder within your account from unauthorized access with only 2 clicks. When you log in to your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you'll just have to go to the Password Protection section, to select the main domain or subdomain, to specify the folder that needs to be secured - the root folder or some folder under it, and then to input the username and the password that must be used so as to access the content in question. The feature shall be turned on immediately, so if you try to open the folder/website, you shall be prompted to input the login information. You could create or remove numerous usernames for the exact same folder, if required. When you go to the File Manager section, all password-protected folders shall be indicated by a tiny padlock icon.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Securing any folder with a password will be quite simple if you host your sites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company. A user-friendly tool, which is built into the Hepsia Control Panel, will allow you to pick the particular folder you'd like to secure with a couple of clicks and all you will have to type in shall be the username and the password that will be used to access it afterwards. You'll not experience any problems even if you have not had a hosting account before, due to the fact that you do not need any previous knowledge or programming skills to activate the feature. If you repeat the same basic steps, you'll be able to set up many usernames for the same password-protected area, so numerous individuals shall be able to access a particular folder with their own login details. You will be able to see the secured folders instantly either in the very same section of the CP or in the File Manager section where you will identify them by their little padlock icons.