Restricting Access to Web Server's Resources With Password Protection

If you have URLs on your site that only authorized users should see, restrict access to these URLs with password protection.

To password protect an URL on your site and to specify authorized users:

1. On your Home page, click Web Directories in the Hosting group.
2. On the General tab, click the required name from the Web directories list and select the Protection tab. Alternatively, you can click the icon corresponding to the directory you want to protect.
3. Click Protect to set up a protection.
4. To add an authorized users, click Add New User in the Tools group.
5. Specify the login name and password that will be used for accessing the protected area. The password should be from 5 to 14 symbols in length. Click OK.
6. Click Preferences to type a a resource description or a welcoming message that your users will see when they visit your protected area in the Realm access text input field. Click OK.
7. To add more authorized users for this protected resource, repeat the steps 5 and 6.

To add an authorized user of a protected URL:

1. On your Home page, click Web Directories in the Hosting group.
2. On the General tab, click the required name from the Web directories list and select the Protection tab. Alternatively, you can click the icon corresponding to the required directory.
3. Click Add New User in the Tools group.
4. Specify the login name and password that will be used for accessing the protected area. The password should be from 5 to 14 symbols in length.
5. Click OK.

To change password for an authorized user of a protected URL:

1. On your Home page, click Web Directories in the Hosting group.
2. On the General tab, click the required name from the Web directories list and select the Protection tab. Alternatively, you can click the icon corresponding to the required directory.
3. Click the user's name from the Protected URL users list.
4. Specify the new password and confirm it.
5. Click OK.

To revoke a permission to access the protected URL from a user:

1. On your Home page, click Web Directories in the Hosting group.
2. On the General tab, click the required name from the Web directories list and select the Protection tab. Alternatively, you can click the icon corresponding to the required directory.
3. Select a check box corresponding to the user's name.
4. Click Remove Selected. Confirm the operation and click OK.

To remove password protection and make the resource available to the public:

1. On your Home page, click the Web Directories in the Hosting group.
2. On the General tab, click the required name from the Web directories list and select the Protection tab. Alternatively, you can click the icon corresponding to the required directory.
3. Select a check box corresponding to the name of the directory, from which you want to remove protection.
4. Click Remove Selected. The protection will be removed and the contents of the directory will be accessible to the public without restrictions.