Password Protection FAQ

Password Protection FAQ

How do I change my password?
How do I password protect part of my site?
I forgot my password!

How do I change my Password?

Please note that your password is case sensitive, check to make sure your Caps Lock key is not set!

To change your UNIX and FrontPage password:

Go to the User Services URL at http://userservices.yourdomainname.com
Type in your Domain name & Password, click "Login"
Click on the "Change UNIX account password" link.

Changing your UNIX password affects your FTP, Telnet, and User Services access.

We advise using the User Services method. This way, both your FrontPage and Unix passwords remain will be the same as well as easier to remember.

How do I password protect part of my site?

The following steps will create a directory that will bring up a dialog box pop up that asks for username and password when accessed with your browser.

For help with the below commands, please refer to our UNIX FAQ

Create a directory and put the files that you want protected into the directory.
Use a telnet program and connect to your domain using your login and password.
From the command prompt, change to the directory you want to protect using the cd command, then type
webprotect prot
This will create the needed files to protect your directory.
After you protect the directory, type
webprotect add user
where user is the name of a user you want to give access to that part of your site. The program will ask you for a password.

This process will create two files in your directory: .htaccess and .htpasswd. These files contain the information necessary to protect that directory. If you delete one or both of them, you will disable or remove the protection effects from that directory.

I forgot my password!

Coming soon: have your password mailed to you automatically.