Setting Up A Password Protected Directory

This feature is active if virtual hosting {physical hosting account) has been configured for your domain. It creates secure directories in your virtual domain, in which to place documents. Secure directories are recommended to ensure security of confidential and private information. It is possible to create directories under either the standard virtual host accessible via http protocol, or if applicable for the given domain, under the SSL virtual host accessible via https protocol. Icons are used next to each directory name in the directory list to define which virtual host type (SSL or non-SSL) the directory resides within. An open lock depicts non-SSL; a closed lock depicts SSL.

Creating a Protected Directory

Follow these steps to create secure directories for the domain:

1. Click the DIRECTORIES button from the Domain Administration page. The Protected Directory Management page appears.

2. To create a new directory, click the ADD button.

3. This takes you to the Protected Directory Control page. Enter the name of the protected directory you wish to create in the Protected Directory field provided.

4. For Directory Location: you can choose either a non-SSL or SSL secure

directory. To choose a non-SSL directory, click in the radio button next to Non-SSL. To choose SSL security for the directory, click in the radio button next to SSL.

5. If the directory has SSL enabled, it will appear in the Protected Directory list with a grey Lock icon beside it. If the directory is non-SSL, a gold Unlocked icon will appear next to the directory name in the directory list.

6. Click in the Header Text text box. When a user tries to access the protected directory, the text in this box displays as the Realm they are entering. In this text box, enter the header text.

7. To add a new user, under Protected Directory Users click in the New User: text box, and write the name of the directory user.

8. Click the ADD button.

9. You are taken to the directory user password screen. Here you must enter your new password in the New Password text box, and then enter it again in the Confirm password text box.

10. Click the UPDATE button to submit. You will return to the Protected Directory Control page. The new user will appear in the Protected Directory Users list. Clicking UP LEVEL will return to the Protected Directory Control page without creating a password for the given user. Although the user is created no access to the directory will be granted until a password is created for the user.

11. To remove existing directory users select the users that you wish to remove using the checkboxes on the right of the screen and select REMOVE SELECTED. You will be asked for confirmation prior to final deletion of the directory users.

12. To access a directory user in order to edit the user password, click on the user name in the list, and you will again be taken to the directory user password screen. Here you can edit the password.

13. Select UPDATE to submit your changes and return to the Protected Directory Control page.

14. Click UP LEVEL to return to the Protected Directory Management page without saving any changes.

Changing a Protected Directory

You can edit a protected directory definition to:

Add a user

Change a password

Delete a user

Rename the directory

Change header text

Change the SSL status

Follow these steps to edit protected directories:

I. From the Client Home page, click the domain name that you want to work with from the list provided. The Domain Administration page appears.

2. Click the DIRECTORIES button. The Protected Directory Management page appears.

3. Click on any directory from the list that you wish to change. 4. You will be taken to the Protected Directory Control page.

5. From here, you can edit the directory by following the same steps outlined above, in the Creating a Protected Directory section.

6. Click UPDA TE to complete all changes to the system and to return to the Protected Directory List page.

Searching the Protected Directories List

PSA allows you to search the Protected Directory List for a certain pattern. It may help you in case you have a great number of directories in the system and you need to work with a particular one. To search in the list:

Select the input field and type in the pattern string.

Click the SEARCH button.

If there were any items found matching the pattern string entered, they will all be displayed in the form of the reduced Protected Directory List. .If no matches were found it will be so stated.

The button SHOW ALL will revert to displaying the whole list of domains.

There is also another way to ease the process of working with a large list of directories. An option of sorting the list by several various parameters is made available to you. You can sort the list by several parameters. To sort the list by a certain parameter in ascending or descending order, click on the name of the parameter. An arrow will appear indicating the order of sorting: down for descending order, up for ascending.

Removing a Protected Directory

To remove one or more directories, follow these steps:

1. Check the checkboxes in the Del column of the Protected Directories List corresponding to the directories you wish to remove.

2. Click on REMOVE SELECTED. The Protected Directory Removal page appears.

3. For every directory you chose to remove the name of the directory and the names of this directory users will be displayed.

4. If you are certain that the displayed information is correct and wish to proceed with deleting, check the "Yes, I have read, understood, and agree to remove protect from these domains" checkbox. Then click SUBMIT. If you decide to not delete these directories or wish to modify the list of directories chosen for deletion, click the CANCEL button.

Both buttons will return you to the Protected Directory Management page, one committing the changes, the other one leaving everything unchanged.

NOTE: Deleting a protected directory in PSA does not delete the directory off the server. It simply takes the protected status off the directory. Meaning that the directory and its contents will now be reachable via the Internet without the need for login and password.