How to make a password protected directory

Question

3.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

Dear all,

I have my website on ftp server. There is a folder which has important file within it. I want to make this folder password protected. I got some steps to make this but its at hosted control panel. Now I want to access that same folder at run-time so that I can copy the selective data from it and paste it into another directory.

I am sure through this I can achieve security but not sure whether this is possible and how?

Thanks,

Posted 27-Dec-11 19:34pm

comred

Add a Solution

Comments

Andrew Piotrowski 28-Dec-11 19:17pm

What attributes has the Folder ? Is it possible to use the standard membership provider and choose You as the User that have all access and other with other privileges ? Need more info. Then i can write step by step.

comred 28-Dec-11 23:29pm

The folder is at ftp server. which has some files e.g. .docx or .pdf etc. I want to copy some of those files into a new folder which is created at run time. Now as you mentioned I can go for membership provider to assign privileges. But I dont know how to do it for a directory, and my concern is if I did it so, then will i able to access that folder at runtime?
If still you are not clear about what I want then please let me know.
And thanx for your comment....

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Andrew Piotrowski · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-29T05:19:00

OK , i get the point :)

In web.config

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <configuration>
   <system.web>
     <customErrors mode="Off">
     </customErrors>

== Here is the solution ==

HTML

<authentication mode="Forms">

== It's the common way but you can also use HTML (JS) ==

HTML

<forms name=".ASPXAUTH" loginUrl="login.aspx" protection="All" timeout="999999">
        <credentials passwordFormat="MD5">

== Login and Password ==

HTML

<user name="admin" password="21232F297A57A5A743894A0E4A801FC3" />
       </credentials>
     </forms>
   </authentication>
   <authorization>

== Here you set the what kind of group or each user ==

HTML

<allow users="?" />
      <allow users="*" />
    </authorization>
    <trace enabled="true" localOnly="false" />
  </system.web>

== Location ( the folder is called administration )

HTML

<location path="administration">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>

== Here you set the what kind of group or each user ==

HTML

<allow users="admin" />
        <deny users="*" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
</configuration>

How to make a password protected directory

1 solution

Solution 1

Add your solution here

Preview 0

Existing Members

...or Join us