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To Password Protect a directory through the Site Administration Panel for a site that does NOT have FrontPage extensions enabled
If these directions seem to make your head swim, Artful Illusions will be happy to protect any directory for you at no charge.
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To determine whether FrontPage extensions are enabled for your site, click Site Information on the System Menu, then check whether FrontPage is shown as available in the Services and Options section of the Configuration window.
Before you can protect a directory, you must first create a group and add users to that group.
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Creating groups for protected directories
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Note: This topic is for systems without Microsoft® FrontPage® Extensions. If you have FrontPage Extensions enabled, you need to use the FrontPage interface to manage protected directories.
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- The Web server manages access to password-protected directories on your site based on groups. Before you can protect a directory, you need to create at least one group, then add at least one user to that group.
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To Create a Group:
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- In the shortcuts area of the Home page, click on Groups in the Web Server section.
- The Protect Directories: (HTAccess) Manage Groups form opens. A list of existing groups (if any) currently in the group file displays in the lower section of the form.
- In the Add a Group area, in the Enter Group name field, type a name for the group you are creating.
- Click Add.
- You are now ready to add users to this group.
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To add an HTAccess user account:
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- In the shortcuts area of the Home page, click Users (Web Server section). The Protect Directories: (HTAccess) Manage Users form opens. A list of user names displays in the lower section of the form.
- In the Add a User area, in the Username field, enter a user name for the new user.
- In the Password field, enter a password for the user.
- In the Confirm Password field, retype the password.
- In the Belongs to group(s) field, select the group or groups to which you want to add the user.
- You can add the user to multiple groups by pressing and holding down the Ctrl key while clicking the group names.
- Click Add/Edit. The new user name displays in the lower section of the form.
Notify the user the account has been created and provide the user name and password you assigned so they can access protected directories.
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You are now set up to password protect the directory.
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- If the folder you want to protect does not already exist, create it using your FTP program
- Log into the site administration panel.
- Click on "Protect Directories"
- Scroll, if necessary, to locate the directory you want to protect and click on the yellow padlock icon
- In the AuthName field, enter a descriptive name for the directory you want to protect. When users attempt to access files, this name is displayed in the login window as the Realm.
- In the Add to Group(s) field, specify the groups that are allowed to access this directory.Note: You can select or clear multiple directories by pressing and holding down the Ctrl key while clicking the directory names.
- Click Protect. The directory is now protected. Users are required to enter user names and passwords before accessing information in the directory.
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