[Help] .htaccess password

[cyber-cliff]

hi guys, how to create a .htaccess password?

i want to put a password on my public_html folder using .htaccess, and also i dont want to put a password the folder inside the public_html like

public_html/foldername/ -- i want to access this without a password.. but
when someone access my public_html it has password..

ex: someone access my site mydomain.com - it has a password but
someone access my domain.com/foldername/ - no password

hope someone can help me...

cyber-cliff Reviewed by cyber-cliff on 4th Jan 2012. [Help] .htaccess password hi guys, how to create a .htaccess password? i want to put a password on my public_html folder using .htaccess, and also i dont want to put a password the folder inside the public_html like public_html/foldername/ -- i want to access this without a password.. but when someone access my public_html it has password.. ex: someone access my site mydomain.com - it has a password but someone access my domain.com/foldername/ - no password Rating: 5

[JmZ]

You can probably use some tool to generate it like this:
http://www.tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/

Basically you need to use htaccess and a htpasswd file, there's tutorials everywhere (e.g. howtoforge.com has one).