Password protect my Website

[snverhallen]

How do I password protect my website. I don't have .Mac and don't plan to use it so is their an app for free that can do this for me?

Thanks in advance,

snverhallen

 

[wrldwzrd89]

This is not something you can generally do with an application on your Mac. Instead, you would typically do this from your web host's control panel. For example, on my control panel, I go to Password-Protected Directories, choose the directory I want to password-protect, then fill in the relevant information, and it does the rest.

 

[WilWheaton]

if you're just using the sharing option to run apache directly on your mac, you can also look into .htaccess files

 

[pjrobertson]

.htaccess files is the way to go.

I'm guessing you're connected to your site either by FTP (a client such as transmit or Cyberduck) or using the Control Panel, just make a .htaccess file with the required info (search google for .htaccess generator) and put it on your site.

 

[David2070]

If you're web site is running Apache and your provider allow sit, .htaccess will do it.

Check out:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html