[Tutorial] How to Password Protect a Directory on Your Website

[Nito]

System Requirements

You will need the following before your attempt to password-protect anything is successful.

1. Your website must be running on an Apache web server. (Recommanded WAMP SERVER)
2. Your web host must have enabled .htaccess processing - that is, they allow you to customize your web server environment using localized configuration files called .htaccess files.
3. You must have shell access, either via telnet or Secure Shell (SSH). You should also know how to use telnet or SSH to connect to your web hosting account.

Step 1 : Create a .htaccess file

Use an ASCII text editor like Notepad to create a text file with the following contents:

AuthName Put a name like AdminCP
AuthType Basic = Leave it like this.
AuthUserFile = Where is your .htpasswd?
require valid-user = The username you choosed on .htpasswd

Your .htaccess should be like this:

AuthName "Secure Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /path/to/your/directory/.htpasswd
require valid-user

Step 2: Save and Upload the .htaccess file in the folder you want to protect like admincp.

Step 3: Set Up the Password File, .htpasswd

Open Notepad and write the username you want and the password you want like this:

username:password

Example:

dave:dave

Save your file has : .htpasswd

Now upload it in the directory you put .htaccess

Now you have your directory protected with a username and password

[MentaL]

[wesman2232]

Well a .htaccess file is pretty basic. an easier way is to just put a blank index.php/html/htm or whatever :P but that's really just for folder directorys (not good protection if they know the file name), anything else is better secured by this :P

[Nito]

Thank you for your reply :P

[Kyuma]

Easy.

But nice for the beginners =)

[ThroneX]

we can do this in the site cpanel..but thnx

[Demantor]

good, but this can be done easier, from the options itself, but nice ^^

[razi46]

Thanks! I was looking for this!