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How to password protect a directory

Now let's learn how to password protect a directory in our hosting account

1) Click Password Protected Directories

There are currently no directories in this account, that are password protected

Let's locate a directory to protect....

2) Let's password protect the Members directory in this hosting account... click the Protect link for the Members directory

3) Enter the Prompt for the login box that will appear when someone tries to access this directory

4) enter a username...

5) ... and password

6) Then re-enter the password here

7) Click the Protection Enabled box to enable password protection for this directory

8) Click Save when finished

That's it! The Member's directory is now protected in that visitors will be prompted for a username and password before they can enter

9) Click the Password Protected Directories link again

9) This link represents the directory we just protected. Let's click the link to manage it

... and here we see a list of users that have been created and given password access to this directory

We can update an existing user's password by entering the username here, followed by the new password, and we can also add new users to this directory by entering new usernames and assigning them passwords as well. Finally, we can delete existing users from having access to this directory by selecting them here and clicking delete

Here we can see that this directory has password protection enabled

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to password protect a directory in your hosting account, such that people will have to enter a username and password to enter it

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