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6.4.2.
Password Protecting Web Directory and Sub Directories
To
password protect your website using FrontPage98...
1)
Open the remote web in FrontPage Explorer
2)
Select Tools | Permissions
3)
Select the radio button for Unique permissions, click Apply
4)
Select Users tab, select radio button for the level of
permissions you
are
setting and Apply, then Add, Edit or Remove. If you choose
Add, Choose
the
level of access you want the individual to have, add their
user name and
password
and click OK.
NOTE:
This does not change the permissions for the web locally, that
must be
done
while connected to the PWS on your local machine.
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To
password protect a subfolder within your website.
To
password protect a portion of your site using FrontPage98 it
must be made
into
a childweb and have permissions set separately from the
<root web>. To
make
a subdirectory (folder) into a childweb:
1)
Open FrontPage Explorer
2)
Select File | New-> FrontPage Web
3)
Choose "Empty Web" from the selection list
4)
For Name of New FrontPage Web type the EXACT NAME of the
sub-directory
and
click ok.
The
directory and all enclosed files will become a
"childweb" which may then
be
open, published, edited and/or removed without affecting the
rest of the
webs
on your site. You can also set unique permissions in this
childweb.
This
can be done on either the local or remote servers.
To
set or change Permissions:
1)
Open the remote web in FrontPage Explorer
2)
Select Tools | Permissions
3)
Select the radio button for Unique permissions, click Apply
4)
Select Users tab, select radio button for the level of
permissions you
are
setting and Apply, then Add, Edit or Remove. If you choose
Add, Choose
the
level of access you want the individual to have, add their
user name and
password
and click OK.
NOTE:
You cannot do this locally and upload. You have to be
connected to our server directly using your FrontPage
Explorer. Here is how.
1)Open
FrontPage Explorer
2)Select
File | Open FrontPage Web..
3)Choose
"Open an existing FrontPage web"
4)Choose
<Root Web> Make sure it is your domain name or IP
address.
5)Click
"OK"
6)Follow
onscreen instructions
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