Password Protect Directory via the AccountCenter

Create your Web Users

1. Login to your AccountCenter
2. Click on Password Protect Folders
   
   
3. Click on Add a new web user
   
   
4. Create a Username and Password.
   
   

   NOTE:
   

   This user only applies to your password-protected folders. You may also assign a user to a group if one has already been created.

   
   
5. Click Save and continue on to create a Web User Group and Protected Folders.
   

Create your Web User Groups

1. Click on Add a new web group
   
   
2. Choose your Settings:
   
   
   • Group Name: Name for this web group.
   • Web User Group Membership: The web users that belong to this group. 
3. Click Save and continue on to create Protected Folders.

Create your Protected Folders

1. Click on Protect a new folder
   
   
2. Choose your settings
   
   
   • Folder: Choose the path you wish to protect
   • Description: The description displayed to users when prompted for authentication, such as "VIP Client Restricted Area"
   • Group Access: Select the Group(s) that can access this folder.
   • User Access: Select the User(s) that can access this folder.
     
     
     

Password Protect a Directory via SSH 

This details how to use SSH to password protect web directories for (gs) Grid-Services. To proceed with these instructions you only need SSH and FTP access enabled for your serveradmin user. 

1. Log into your (gs) Grid-Service with the username serveradmin@mt-example.com.  If you need help with this step please refer to our KnowledgeBase article: Connecting via SSH to your (gs) Grid-Service
2. Navigate to the html directory for the domain you'd like to protect. The command will look something like:
   
   

   cd /home/#####/domains/mt-example.com/html

3. Use the htpasswd command to create a username and password that will be used to log into the directory you would like to protect. This username and password will be requested via a pop-up dialog box when users enter the protected directory. The command you'll need to use will look like this:
   
   

   htpasswd -c .htpasswd username

4. Follow the prompts and enter the password for this new user twice.
5. Create a .htaccess file with the following contents:
   
   

   AuthUserFile /home/#####/domains/mt-example.com/html/.htpasswd
   AuthGroupFile /dev/null
   AuthName "Authentication Pop Up"
   AuthType Basic
   <LIMIT POST GET>
   require user username
   </LIMIT> 

6. Now simply move the file to the directory you desire to password protect.
   

Revisions:

10-02-2008: Article Rewrite