Web Directory Access Control

Southwest Cyberport's Web Directory Access Control tool can be used to password protect a web directory on our servers.

You can access it through our Member Tools page, (then click on Website Access Control in the lower right-hand portion of the screen).

There are instructional screencasts available at http://www.swcp.com/content/view/126/9/.

There are also instructions on the main page of the Web Directory Access Control tool itself.:

Introduction

Using this application, you will be able to restrict access to your SWCP website(s) to users of your choice. Here you will have control of the names and passwords that are used to gain access. You may apply access control to your entire web space, or you may limit access control to one or more subdirectories. Giving certain users access to one subdirectory while giving another set of users access to another directory is made simple by putting users into groups, then applying one or more groups to a directory.

The links in the Web Directory Access Control tool are ordered by the sequence you need to follow in order to accomplish this.

Your Users:

Create one or more users Go to the Users page by following the Your Users link on the Web Directory Access Control tool page.

Click the 'Add new user' button on that page to enter the new login name and the password for a person you want to allow to access your web pages. You may create as many users as you like, provided that the names are all different.

Any users that you have defined already will be displayed in the table, and available for selection in the drop-down list. Select one of the usernames on the drop-down list, and you will be able to

• rename the user
• change the user's password
• delete the user

As soon as you have created at least one user, you will be able to make use of the Groups page and the Directories page.

Your Groups:

Create one or more groups (optional)

Go to the Groups page by following the Your Groups link on the Web Directory Access Control tool page.

Click the 'Add new group' button on that page to enter the new group name, and to choose which users will be members of that group. You may create as many groups as you like, provided that the names are all different. A group may have any or as many members as you have defined users, even only a single user if you wish.

Any groups that you have defined already will be displayed in the table, and available for selection in the drop-down list. Select one of the group names on the drop-down list, and you will be able to

• rename the group
• change membership in the group
• delete the group

As soon as you have created at least one group, you will be able to make use of the groups feature on the Directories page.

Your Directories:

Apply access control to a directory

Go to the Directories page by following the Your Directories link on the Web Directory Access Control tool page.

Wait a few moments, and all of the subdirectories in your webspace (everything under your public_html directory) will be displayed in the form of a folder tree on the left-hand side of your browser window.

Choose the directory that interests you by clicking its name in the tree; a form for access control settings will then be displayed on the right-hand side of the window. Any access control settings that are currently in place on that directory will be shown and changeable.

You may assign access to individual users, and/or to any groups that you have created. If you check the checkbox next to "Grant access to all of your defined users", all users you have defined will be able to log in to see web pages in the selected directory after you click Submit. The Groups and Users boxes will become invisible while this option is chosen.