{"id":16906,"date":"2024-05-21T17:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/how-to-password-protect-a-directory-in-webuzo\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T18:12:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T18:12:04","slug":"how-to-password-protect-a-directory-in-webuzo","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/docs\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-password-protect-a-directory-in-webuzo\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Password Protect a Directory in Webuzo?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Protecting your online files is essential to securing the data on your website. You may use Webuzo to password-protect a directory that holds private information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To Password Protect a Directory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Log in to your&nbsp;<em>user<\/em>&nbsp;account of Webuzo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Go to the&nbsp;<strong>Security<\/strong>&nbsp;section and click on&nbsp;<strong>Directory Privacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/webuzo_directory_privacy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14509\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>3. Click the&nbsp;<strong>Add&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Password Protected<\/strong>&nbsp;button.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/webuzo_add_password_protected.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14511\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The form will appear with the following fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Path to Directory<\/strong>: The path to the user directory to password protect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Name the protected directory<\/strong>: Name of the directory you want to password protect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Username<\/strong>: The username for the directory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Password<\/strong>: Enter\/generate a password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Enter the appropriate details in the fields and click&nbsp;<strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/webuzo_password_protect_directory.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14510\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Webuzo will save the details and password protect the user directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next time you try to access the directory, you will have to enter the assigned password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/how-to-create-and-edit-files-via-webuzo-file-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to Create and Edit Files via Webuzo File Manager?<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protecting your online files is essential to securing the data on your website. You may use Webuzo to password-protect a directory that holds private information. To Password Protect a Directory 1. Log in to your&nbsp;user&nbsp;account of Webuzo. 2. Go to the&nbsp;Security&nbsp;section and click on&nbsp;Directory Privacy. 3. Click the&nbsp;Add&nbsp;Password Protected&nbsp;button. The form will appear with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23377,"menu_order":519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16906","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16906"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21327,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16906\/revisions\/21327"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/23377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=16906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}