Hey my name is Josh and I would like to show you how to password protect your directories with out any problem
Requirments:
Abyss Web Server X1 or older version
Now if you ever tried password protecting your page , you might have seen that 404 not found error come up, I have the answer to your problem , listen carefully and you will have a password protected directory
step 1. create a custom page
step 2. Go to your abyss web console
Step 3. click on , server configuration -> advanced -> custom error pages
step 4. click on add , note: do not enter a default error page as this caused error 404 not found when i password protected my directory
step 5. type the Error code as 404 (you need a custom error page)
step 6.Type in the field for , Associated URL:
http://your ip or domain/404.html
rename your custom error page as 404.html, I just have this as an example , you can use your default name if you want but make sure you put the right path to your error page.
step 7. click ok and restart the server , now click on Users and Groups
step 8. Click on add where it says users, put a user name you would like to have and type a password you would like , I recommend using your birth date, example: month/day/year
step 9. click ok and restart your server, go to Access Control and click on add, for Virtual path, put the path to your directory , Example: /images
or if your dir is 2 levels deep put Example: /images/smilies , what ever your directory path is , and put for Realm, the name you want your directory to be, Example: Brians Directory, make sure, Allow/deny is on the drop menu, put a check mark by your user name where it says, Allow Access To
, click ok and restart the server.
step 10. All you have to do now is type the URL to your directory,
Example:
http://your ip or domain/your directory in your browser
Thats all their is to it , if you have any questions, please post them here or e-mail me, You should only have to protect your , phpMyAdmin, directory you got from
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ , if you password protect a dir where your images are located , when your page loads the images, it will ask for a password.
Error solved ! 😃