Protect Directories

Protect Directories allows you to limit the amount of access a user has to your site. You may specify a username and password for directories to protect them. Each protected directory may have multiple users. The Protect Directories option may also be used to remove a user's access to a protected directory.

To access the Directory Protection Manager:

• Click the Protect Directories icon in your Control Panel.

• Or, in the File Manager, click the Password link beside the directory you would like to protect.

Protecting Directories

Note: In order to use the Protect Directories option, the Microsoft FrontPage Extensions option must be disabled. Otherwise, you must use your version of Microsoft FrontPage to protect the directories.

To Protect a Directory:

1. The Directory Protection Manager has a drop-down menu in the Directory field. You will use this drop-down box to locate which files you want protected. For example, if you want to protect your site's Guestbook Manager, locate it in the Directory drop-down menu and click Load.
    

2. Clicking Load brings up a form where you may add and modify users for a directory. To add a user, type in a user ID and a password and click Submit.
    

3. Set up a username and a password to give a user secure access to the selected directories.
    

4. Click Submit.

To change a user's password:

1. Select the directory you wish to work with, and click Load.
    

2. Enter the user's username, and their new password.
    

3. Click Submit.

Note: You may have to close and reopen your browser, before access is denied to you when testing your new directory protections.

To remove a user:

After selecting the directory and clicking Load, scroll down to the Remove a user for Directory field, select the User ID from the drop-down menu, and click Remove. To remove all protections from a directory, simply repeat for each user in the directory.