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A Simple approach for a password protect folder called /private

Open notepad and start typing… (When ready to save make sure the ext .txt is not there) 

File: .htaccess

AuthUserFile /home/content/u/s/e/username/html/private/.htpasswd

AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Secure Directory"
AuthType Basic

<limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</limit>

 

Now for the password file… (use www.webmaster-toolkit.com to generate password)

File: .htpasswd

username:someCrytedPassword

 

When done, upload both files to the directory /private

NOTE: 

Now, if life we’re I could say, “that’s it” but it’s not and here we go with godaddy’s problem of cgi wrapping. At the moment Godaddy will not understand to “restrict” a folder using .htaccess unless the index file is either “index.html” or “index.htm” - anything like “index.php” will open “un-restrict” the folder to the public.