Login to access folders

goble2

• November 23, 2016 05:44

Hello, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong section. I have some websites that I want to prevent public access. Let's say all these sites are in subfolders of sub.domain.com i.e. site 1: sub.domain.com/1, site 2: sub.domain.com/2 and so on. I want people to insert a password (with or without username) before accessing sub.domain.com/1, the same credentials will apply to all sites. The credentials window can be triggered by the browser itself like it's the case when you try to access a non public FTP site in your browser. Does cPanel offer that function ?

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  Infopro

  • November 23, 2016 10:48

  In your cPanel, under the Files section, find the Directory Privacy tool.

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  goble2

  • November 28, 2016 11:27

  Hello, sorry for late reply. No change after configuring Directory Privacy (though I read the doc here: Directory Privacy - Documentation - cPanel Documentation). Should I change directory permissions in File Manager ?

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  goble2

  • November 28, 2016 11:40

  Hello, it's working now... A quick one: Is there any relation between a cpanel user and a Joomla user ?

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  Infopro

  • November 28, 2016 11:50

  You shouldn't need to change permissions to password protect a directory. Assuming you've never added a user to this directory before here, you might have missed a step. Once you've selected a directory by clicking the name of it, entered a name for it, added your username and password for it, and then saved, you're not done yet. Go back to the Directory Privacy area in your cPanel, you may notice there is no lock on the directory you just setup. Click the name of the directory here again, this time just add a name for it at top, and tick the box to "Password protect this directory" leaving all other forms below empty, and hit that save button instead. Back on the Directory Privacy page you should see the lock now. Close out your browser, open a new instance and check the password protected directory: sub.example.com/mystage/ The Directory Privacy page is two steps. The first time you add a user, the second time you actually set the lock. No clue if any of that is of use to you or not. ;)

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  Infopro

  • November 28, 2016 12:00

  Hello, it's working now... A quick one: Is there any relation between a cpanel user and a Joomla user ?

  
  Great! None what-so-ever. You shouldn't use your cPanel username and cPanel password for anything other than cPanel, either.

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