Account features for Sanders Hosting Accounts

FAQ: Account features

How do I setup a protected directory?

How do I setup a protected directory?
Note: setting up a password protected directory requires knowledge of your account's shell (bash) and Telnet. Since Sanders Basic accounts have no shell access, let us know which directory you wish to protect and we'll do it for you. This feature will soon be available in the control panel (if it isn't there already).

First, we need to create the username and password to be used to login to the protected directory. On your account's shell, go to the directory you wish to protect, and enter the following command:
Replace USERNAME with the username you wish people to use to login to the directory. Once you press the ENTER key, htpasswd will ask for the password, and will then proceed to encrypt it. A file called .htpasswd will be created on that directory.

Note: files with a dot as the first character of a filename are "hidden". A "ls" command alone will not list them. Only "ls -a" will show such hidden files.

Then, create a file called .htaccess on the directory you wish to protect. This file should contain the following text:
Replace NAME OF SITE with your site's domain (yoursite.com), and /PATH TO DIR TO PROTECT/ with the path of the .htpasswd file (example: /home/users/y/yoursite.com/public_html/etc/etc/etc)

Note: you can get the path by using the command 'pwd'.