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kelly001 Obsessive-Compulsive (I) Inmate From: Insane since: Jan 2003	posted 02-11-2003 00:00 I have an ftp server which is used by some clients to update and exchange files they are working on. There are three folders on the root level of the ftp server, my boss wants me to password protect all of them and have different passwords for each folder. Can I do this by setting up an htaccess file or does that kind of password protection technique only work when you actually publish a website? Here the files and folders will only be accessible through an ftp client, there is no website... Anyone has any suggestion?
Piper Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: California Insane since: Jun 2000	posted 02-11-2003 02:28 Hi kelly001, .htaccess will only block web access. You will need to configure this in your FTP server config and set proper directory permissions. Create users on the system and lock them into those directories. What FTP server daemon are you using and on what OS? Regards, Charlie

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kelly001
Obsessive-Compulsive (I) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Jan 2003

posted 02-11-2003 00:00

I have an ftp server which is used by some clients to update and exchange files they are working on.
There are three folders on the root level of the ftp server, my boss wants me to password protect all of them and have different passwords for each folder.
Can I do this by setting up an htaccess file or does that kind of password protection technique only work when you actually publish a website? Here the files and folders will only be accessible through an ftp client, there is no website...

Anyone has any suggestion?

Piper
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: California
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted 02-11-2003 02:28

Hi kelly001,

.htaccess will only block web access. You will need to configure this in your FTP server config and set proper directory permissions. Create users on the system and lock them into those directories. What FTP server daemon are you using and on what OS?

Regards,
Charlie