
When you want to access the files from the folder lock, enter the password. Click on the hide button to make the files vanish. After that, select the folders or files you want to hide. All the files are protected by a password, making them invisible and inaccessible to anyone but yourself.īefore using it, you have first to create a master password. This software is so lightweight that it uses hardly any memory of your PC to password protect a folder.

That’s it! You’ve successfully password protected your website.Lock-A-Folder is encryption software that will hide all the files you want to hide in just a few clicks. Your browser does not support the video tag. For example, if you wanted to protect your entire website you could place the. htaccess file above will protect all the files in the folder it is uploaded into, and the sub-folders under it. htpasswd file can access your folder, by using valid-user everyone in the file can view the folder. /.htpasswd path indicates the file is located two folders above the current directory, to point to a file within the same directory for example, you could use.

/.htpasswd with a relative path to the location of your. Tells the web server where to find the username/password file. Sets the title of the username/password box that will popup when someone tries to view your protected page. Let’s go through the parameters you’ve just set:ĭefines the type of authentication the web server will use, ‘Basic’ is perfectly adequate for what we need.

ht, but it’s recommended that the password file is not in a publicly accessible folder. Our hosting servers will block web access to any files beginning with.

Please note: Instructions on uploading the file to your website can be found here.įor extra security make sure that it is outside of your web folder so that it can never be accessed by someone going to.
