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msealey
08-05-2006, 03:23 PM
Is it possible to set certain directories on FQ-hosted sites so that each user/visitor to them needs a different password - and can change it themselves?

TIA!
hobbes
08-05-2006, 07:09 PM
For access to directories over the web (i.e., http://www.domain.com/dir1/), yes this is possible. You can set up the accounts via the CNC, but will need to provide your own script to allow change of Web passwords. There should be a plethora of free ones available out there; probably searching on htpasswd script will yield some.

With non-Web access (e.g., FTP), it is not possible to have users change their own password unless you right some kind of interface to the CNC (which will require that you hard code your CNC password).
msealey
08-06-2006, 01:31 AM
hobbes,

Thanks for that!

I thought I had seen it somewhere in the CNC but can't for the life of me find it now.

Clue, please?
DogAndPony
08-06-2006, 03:20 AM
hobbes,

Thanks for that!

I thought I had seen it somewhere in the CNC but can't for the life of me find it now.

Clue, please?In the File Manager section of the CNC , click to check a directory and then click on "Password Protect" (IIRC) below...

And IIRC, there's a practical limit on the number of users you should add to htaccess... You can use other kinds of scripts for access / membership control-- although I have yet to find one solution that uses sessions for paid memberships that really works for me.

But enough about my personal problems. :safegrin:
Melissa
08-06-2006, 07:38 PM
Just for additional reference... :)
I thought I had seen it somewhere in the CNC but can't for the life of me find it now.

Clue, please?A tutorial on basic password protection can be found at http://service.FutureQuest.net/kb19

And IIRC, there's a practical limit on the number of users you should add to htaccess...

Password protection via the CNC panel is limited to 50 users per directory.

Once over 50 users, it is usually best to switch to a mod_auth_db solution as explained by the sysAdmin in the following posts:
http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=66427#post66427
http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=73919#post73919