Setting up password protection

The best way to secure content on your website is to use .htaccess/.htpasswd protection.   This will password protect any directory and all directories below.   You will need to create a .htaccess file which you put in the directory you want to protect.   You will also need to create a .htpasswd file which you will put out of reach (see tip on Securing Your Package).   The .htaccess file should contain the following:

AuthUserFile /full_unix_path_to_your_file/.htpasswd
AuthName "Any Name You Want"
AuthType Basic
require user username

Where username is the name of the user specified in the .htpasswd file.
You can also make that last line
require valid-user
to accept any user specified in the .htpasswd file.

You can also limit the password protection. For example put the .htaccess code inside these tags
<files file.ext>
htaccess protection code goes here
</files>
to limit the password protection to just the file "file.ext".

The .htpasswd file should genrally be put at your ftp root (above the public directory). It is in the form:

user:encrypted password

The best way to create these files is using notepad (for example create htaccess.txt in notepad), then upload, then rename on the server (.htaccess).

Encrypt your password for .htpasswd

Want your own script that you can use to make the encrypted password lines for your .htpasswd file?  Use this one.

- - Start Script Here - -
<?phpif ($_POST[password] != "" AND $_POST[user] != "" ) {
  $usr = $_POST[user];
  $pass = $_POST[password];
  $ht_pass = crypt($pass);
}
print "<html><head><title>Password Encryption</title></head><body>
<form method=post action='crypt.php'>
<font size=5><b>.htpasswd File Password Encryption</b></font>
<br><br>Enter Username<br>
<input name=user value='$usr' size=20>
<br><br>Enter Password<br>
<input name=password value='$pass' size=20>
<br><br><input type=submit name=submit value='Encrypt Now'>
";
if ($_POST[password] != "" AND $_POST[user] != "" ) {
  print "<br><br>.htpasswd File Code<br>$usr:$ht_pass";
}
print "</form></body></html>";?>
- - End Script Here - -