Setting Passwords for Subdirectories

  • Resolved mips100

    (@mips100)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    We are trying to set an access password on a specific directory, and access that directory with fileAway. We are setting the password through cPanel. So for example, we are setting a password on a directory called “ABC”. The http path looks like the following :
    http://www.mysite.com/listings/ABC
    If you go to that specific directory, that directory is now password protected.

    However, when showing that directory in WordPress with the fileAway page, the http path looks like the following :
    http://www.mysite.com/listings/?drawer=ABC
    And it looks like since this path is slightly different, that page (shown by fileAway), is not password protected.

    Any ideas or suggestions that you might have to make sure that the fileAway page gets to be password protected ?

    Thank you,
    Mips.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/

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  • Plugin Author thomstark

    (@thomstark)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    You have a misunderstanding here. They will have to enter a password to download the files from the password protected directory, but File Away will still display the files available for download. The server can access the files without a password. The password is only requested when the client tries to access them.

    File Away Display = server access (no password needed).
    Browser Download = client access (password needed).

    Plugin Author thomstark

    (@thomstark)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    If, on the other hand, you have encrypted downloads or stats enabled, then no password will be requested at all when they download, because in those two cases, the file is pushed to the client from the server, rather than the client requesting the file from the server.

    Encrypted download/stats = server -> client
    Regular downloads = client -> server

    Thread Starter mips100

    (@mips100)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    Yes, that actually works just fine, you are right.
    When putting a password protection on the directory in the backend, the files in the directory are shown in the fileAway page, but are password protected when you try to download them. That is a great solution.

    Thank you for your help,
    Mips

    FBC

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