{"id":88,"date":"2013-03-07T03:56:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T03:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.accuwebhosting.com\/?p=88"},"modified":"2025-01-20T13:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T13:47:34","slug":"securing-your-directories-with-a-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/securing-your-directories-with-a-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Securing your directories with a password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes its better to protect folder on your account with password. This restricts the visitors to enter their username and password to access certain parts of your website. This can be referred to as a type of &ldquo;authentication&rdquo; process.<p>While using this feature, you need to navigate the directories by clicking the folder icon located next to the name of the directory. Clicking on the name of the directory will select the directory for password protection.<\/p><div class=\"boxed-ad-in-between\">Here are the steps to password protect your directory:<\/div><h2 class=\"boxed-ad-in-between\">Password Protect a Directory<\/h2><ol>\n<li>Select the password protected directory icon from cpanel and than select the directory or the folder you would like to protect.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/password-protect-directories.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4216 size-full\" title=\"cPanel password protect directory \" src=\"\" alt=\"cPanel password protect directory\" width=\"402\" height=\"251\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/password-protect-directories.jpg\"><\/a><\/b><\/p><h2>Creating a User<\/h2><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/set-password-cpanel.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4217 size-full\" title=\"Password protected directory set password\" src=\"\" alt=\"Password protected directory set password\" width=\"456\" height=\"443\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/set-password-cpanel.png\"><\/a><\/h2><ol>\n<li>In the next step, create a username and a password for your user. Select a name that will appear in the login screen and click on the Save button further activation.<\/li>\n<li>Click<b><i>&nbsp;Add\/Modify<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;authorized user.<\/li>\n<\/ol><h2>Delete a User<\/h2><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To delete password protection for the user:<\/span><\/p><ol>\n<li>Select the particular account name in from the list.<\/li>\n<li>After selecting, click the&nbsp;<b><i>Delete User<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;button to delete the account.<\/li>\n<\/ol><h2>Remove Password Protection<\/h2><ol>\n<li>To remove the protection uncheck the password protection of the particular directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes its better to protect folder on your account with password. This restricts the visitors to enter their username and password to access certain parts of your website. 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Clicking on the name of the directory will select the directory for password protection.Here are the steps to password protect your directory:Password Protect a Directory Select the password protected directory icon from cpanel and than select the directory or <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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