Password Protected Directories
  • Vote Up0Vote Down tonyhartphototonyhartphoto October 2011
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    I have been using Vexxhost for the last few years for my business website. I am a photographer and I use the password protect directories feature within CPanel to lockdown specific client galleries. In the past, any file that was within a password protected directory was unavailable without first submitting the required username and password.

    Recently this has changed and instead, direct links to specific files, for example:

    "www.photographerperson.com/galleries/jennyjames/jennyjameswedding.html"

    where "/jennyjames" is the protected directory allow the user access without needing to submit the require password. This is a massive security issue for my website. Strangely, users trying to access the protecteddirectory, or a folder within the protected directory are met with the login window, however direct links, which I use regularly within my site, seem to somehow bypass or ignore the password protection.

    This is only a recent occurrence. This did not used to be the case. In the past ALL files within a protected directory were off limits unless you supplied the required login details. This is how I believe the system should work and I'd like to get back to this situation as quickly as possible.

    I have emailed Vexxhost Support about this but they have yet to get back to me. Anyone who could give me any advice on this matter would be doing me a huge favour.

    Many thanks

    Tony
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Jarrod5Jarrod5 November 2011
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    Before password protecting any document you may wish to create a backup of the non-password protected folder and files in case you forget the password in the future.

    The majority of Microsoft Windows operating systems do not come with a method of password protecting your sensitive files and folders. If you're using Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, you will need to download or purchase a third-party program to password protect your files and folders in Windows; skip down to the other security solutions section if you're using one of these operating systems.

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