{"id":2392,"date":"2015-06-29T09:26:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T09:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2021-02-09T06:41:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T06:41:48","slug":"how-to-password-protected-a-folder-from-htaccess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-password-protected-a-folder-from-htaccess\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO PASSWORD PROTECTED A FOLDER FROM .HTACCESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To protect a folder from your website, you can actually\u00a0use the htpasswd feature available within\u00a0the server.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To create a password protected folder to <strong>\/home\/user\/public_html\/images <\/strong>with user named admin, run the following command.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">[root@server ~]# htpasswd -c \/home\/user\/public_html\/.htpasswd admin\r\nNew password:\r\nRe-type new password:\r\nAdding password for user admin\r\n[root@server ~]#<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then, add the following code to your <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-do-i-redirect-my-site-using-a-htaccess-file\/\">.htaccess file<\/a> located at your public_html\u00a0folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">AuthUserFile \/home\/user\/public_html\/.htpasswd\r\nAuthName \"images\"\r\nAuthType Basic<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now, access your folder with the given credential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can also\u00a0password protect a file in Linux, check the <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-password-protect-a-file-in-linux\/\">steps here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To protect a folder from your website, you can actually\u00a0use the htpasswd feature available within\u00a0the server. 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