Hi,

I can't password protect my admin interface.
My provider doesn't allow me to telnet.
Is there anybody to help me or install .htaccess for me?

Please...

Toinbo

Hello !

Download WS_FTP LT and that will also allow you to change permissions easily.

Hope this helps.



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rajani

Sorry I have read your question hurridly and have answered it different then what you are looking for.











[This message has been edited by rajani (edited February 28, 1999).]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your help!

I tried Fileman and it's very good...

Keep the good work!!

Toinbo
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If you have a current version of Activestate's perl on your windows system, you can just type in:

perl
open (PASS, ">.htpasswd") or die $!;
$salt = 'kR'; # Two random letters
$encr = crypt ("yourpass", $salt);
print PASS "username:$encr\n";
close PASS
<ctrl>-Z

and then perl will create a .htpasswd file that you can ftp up to your host. Set "username" to your username and "yourpass" to the password you want. 'kR' should just be any two random letters.

Cheers,

Alex

You need telnet in order to password protect your directory. While you can ftp the .htaccess file in, you cannot do that with the .htpasswd file unless your local computer is running UNIX or Linux which has the command to create the file.

You may want to try the Gossamer "Fileman" script. I believe it does allow you to protect directories via the web.