Creating secured folders

MSPControl allows you to password-protect selected folders within a site.

To enable protection, navigate to the site level, select your site, then the Secured Folders tab and click Enable Secured Folders:

To create a new user, click the Add User button, then after entering the username and password click Save:

Next, create a security group (the Add Group button). After entering the name, select the users who will belong to it and click Save:

After creating the group and users you can proceed to secure the folder itself. On the Secured Folders tab choose the Add Folder link:

The Folder title field will be displayed in the browser’s login dialog header during authentication. You must also choose the path to be protected and select the users and/or groups that should have access.

The hosting panel will create two files in the web application’s root directory: .htpasswd (containing user names and their permissions) and .htgroup (containing group definitions)

and .htaccess in the protected directory containing the access rules.

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