Admin Log in problem

[raffi007]

Hi

i need some help

i have installed everything perfectly but i have a question, i think that this might cause some problem

 

let say my website address is http://www.mywebsite.com

and that escommerce is installed on /eshop

 

so http://www.mywebsite.com/eshop

 

i realized that any1 typing http://www.mywebsite.com/eshop/admin can gain access to the administration panel

 

isn't the admin panel protected by a username and a password ?

 

how come each time i type http://www.mywebsite.com/eshop/admin i get directly to the admin panel without typing any username or password

[Guest]

You have to use a Password Protected Directory feature which are available from most hosts.

[raffi007]

You have to use a Password Protected Directory feature which are available from most hosts.

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do i use it on the /eshop/admin directory or on eshop/

[Guest]

Alpha is correct.

 

Use your vdeck or other host manager tool to password protect ADMIN

 

If you protect eshop, then people trying to get to your store must have a username/password to access it. they probably wouldn't like that.

 

But look in your host tool and configure the ADMIN folder as password protected.

[raffi007]

do i use it on the /eshop/admin directory or on eshop/

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than you alot

i just created the .htaccess file and ht.passwd file in the admin directory now its protected

but i find it weird that they didnt use a page with a username and password

[Guest]

if you know how, it is easy to create the .htaccess / .htpasswd files.

 

Just ensure your .htpassword file is located OUTSIDE of the public_html area if you manually create it. Make a new folder in your root and call it .htpasswd or .htaccess and save your .htpasswd there. that way nobody can get into your root.

 

The majority of host providers have it in their file manager software that use use to configure your server. go into their file manager and you should see something like file directory... then you should see password protect directory. A bit quicker than making your own files.