Password Protect FILES (not dir)

[willstein]

Sure it's possible to password protect a directory, but is there a way to password protect an individual file?
*Without placing the file in it's own directory and passwording that.

If cPanel can't do it, who can?
Can I go straight into a file to do it?

The following two files need to be passworded:
public_html/stfapplication/use/applynow/admin/del_rec.php
public_html/stfapplication/use/applynow/admin/del_file_rec.php

[chirpy]

It's not realy anything to do with cPanel, it's how apache works and AFAIK you cannot password protect individual files. You could always implement HTTP_AUTH for php scripts, but you'll need to go read up on that on a php site.

[dgbaker]

Actually.... you can with .htaccess protect a file, group of files or a directory, limit methods like POST/GET. (sorry chirpy)

Create a standard .htaccess

AuthUserFile .htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName JustMe
AuthType Basic

Now add the following at the end

<Files admin.cgi>
 Require user admin
</Files>

You should now have

AuthUserFile .htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName JustMe
AuthType Basic
<Files admin.cgi>
 Require user admin
</Files>

NOTE: This traverses subdirectories as well.

To do pattern protect replace the file part with

<Files ~ "\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$">
 Require user admin
</Files>

[dalem]

and another with .htaccess

<FilesMatch file.htm>
AuthName "Restricted File"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/usename/.htpasswd
require valid-user
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch file2.htm>
AuthName "Restricted File"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/username/.htpasswd
require valid-user
</FilesMatch>

and so on

[chirpy]

Live and learn - That's great

[willstein]

thanks - ill try it out and let you know.

[bela flor]

Is there a way to allow files on that website to call protected files or directories that are password protected?

What I am doing is trying to call a js script, but I do not want others to see the scripting. So I placed it in a directory and then password protected it. I only need files with in my site to be able to call this js script, but I do not want it were they have to enter the username and password to view that file. So I have a web page that is http://www.mydomain.com/test.html and inside of that page it calles a js file that is located at http://www.mydomain.com/scripts/test.js. The script directory is password protected. So when I go to http://www.mydomain.com/test.hmtl it is now asking me for the username and password for the scripts directory. Is there a way to make it were any file that is coming from http://www.mydomain.com will not have to enter the username and password.

Thanks,

Bela