.htaccess .htpasswd confusion on intsallation

[k-atomic]

HI all

i can't see a way to password the .htaccess file on my c-panel only whole directorys, can i pasword it another way? if so can you be real deatled if you tell me as im a real dummy :blink: any help would be sooooo great as my sites wide open

Thank you

k-atomic

[k-atomic]

not shure i was clear enough basecley how do i do this bit if i cant do it in cpanel

 

You need to .htaccess your /catalog/admin directory so that it is password protected. You

can use the password manager in your server admin area like cpanel.

 

Thanks agen

[♥Vger]

If your web hosting company does not provide this facility in their web hosting control panel then you'll have to do it manually.

 

There is a contribution for this (search in the contributions section), but you could also just use Google to find out how to password protect using .htaccess.

 

Vger

[k-atomic]

Thanks for you post

iv been trying all day i used a genarator and loaded the the .htacsess and .htpassword into the admin file but it still dont work i think im getting the path wrong can someone explain the path real simple for me please?

[Guest]

HI all

i can't see a way to password the .htaccess file on my c-panel only whole directorys, can i pasword it another way? if so can you be real deatled if you tell me as im a real dummy :blink: any help would be sooooo great as my sites wide open

Thank you

k-atomic

Head to your server company c-panel where you have the option to pass protect a whole directory. When asked to create the passworded directory, you should be able to just enter "catalog/admin/" in there. Then you get redirected to a Create User and Password page. Set that up. Open another browser window, surf over to your site and try to get the admin section to open up. Should get the handy dandy "Hark, Who Goes There?" box.

[♥Vger]

i can't see a way to password the .htaccess file on my c-panel only whole directorys

 

Yes, I think there's been some confusion here.

 

You don't password protect the .htaccess file. The .htaccess, .htpasswd and .htgroup are the files that are created by your web hosting control panel when you want to protect a folder (directory) - in this case you want to protect your 'admin' folder. Follwo the advice in the post above to Password Protect your 'admin' folder.

 

Vger

[Wanwan]

Well, I had the same problem, finally I got the admin folder password protected. Actually I don't understand by reading the knowledge base documentation. But I kind of got it from this website:

 

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml

 

Well

 

Thanks for you post

iv been trying all day i used a genarator and loaded the the .htacsess and .htpassword into the admin file but it still dont work i think im getting the path wrong can someone explain the path real simple for me please?

 

You can goto your includes/configure.php look at line 35 you should see the path you have.

 

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/yourwebserver/catalog/');

 

Copy the /home/yourwebserver/catalog/ to your .htaccess

 

than in .htaccess should look like this

 

AuthUserFile /home/yourwebserver/catalog/admin .htpasswd

 

Note: I assume your admin folder is in catalog.

 

Hope this help!! I just fixed this problem in 5 minutes ago!!

[k-atomic]

Thanks guys and girlz :) :) :thumbsup: :thumbsup: