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To protect a directory with a password, follow these steps:

Go to Websites & Domains > Password-Protected Directories.

Click Add Protected Directory.

Type in the path to the directory you want to protect (relative to the domain's document root directory) and, optionally, a title that will be displayed to visitors.

Click OK.




If you decide to change the directory's title, follow these steps:


Go to Websites & Domains > Password-Protected Directories.

Click the desired password-protected directory, and then click Directory Settings.

Type in the new directory title, and click OK.

Before anyone can access the protected directory, you need to add at least one user to it. This user will only have access to this specific directory, and not all of the domain's protected directories. Every time you secure a directory with a password, you need to add a user, otherwise nobody would be able to access it.





To add a user to a password-protected directory, follow these steps:

Go to Websites & Domains > Password-Protected Directories.

Click the desired password-protected directory, and then click Add a User.

Type in the username and password, and click OK.




To change a user's password, follow these steps:

Go to Websites & Domains > Password-Protected Directories.

Click the desired password-protected directory, and then click the user whose password you want to change.

Type in the new password, and click OK.





To remove a user entirely, follow these steps:

Go to Websites & Domains > Password-Protected Directories.

Click the desired password-protected directory, and then select the checkbox corresponding to the user you want to remove.

Click Remove.

Keep in mind that unless there is at least one user associated with a password-protected directory, no one can browse that directory and its contents.




To remove password protection 
from a directory, follow these steps:

Go to Websites & Domains > Password-Protected Directories.

Select the checkbox corresponding to the directory from which you want to remove protection, and then click Remove Protection.


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