Can A FTP Directory Be Password Protected

[lilith]

I would like to place items in a directory in my public FTP, and password protect it so that you can only view and download from that directory if you have the password. Is that possible?

Lilith

[Anonymouse]

No, not directly that I'm aware of. You could change the directory to some obscure name and make it hidden and hard to guess and share it and optionally zip the files with a password or encrypt. But if your not using SFTP then everything gets sent in cleartext so I guess it depends on how sensitive the data is. You are probably better off using .htaccess with user/pass combo with Sonic hosting. https://wiki.sonic.net/wiki/.htaccess

I would like to place items in a directory in my public FTP, and password protect it so that you can only view and download from that directory if you have the password. Is that possible?

Lilith

[lilith]

You are probably better off using .htaccess with user/pass combo with Sonic hosting. https://wiki.sonic.net/wiki/.htaccess

Thank you! Can you elaborate upon that?

Lilith

[Anonymosue]

Actually, I couldn't find any information about SSL certificates except on the forums where they are only supported on the "custom hosting" which I couldn't find on the wiki or website(only mini,personal,value,basic). This could be old info so i'm not sure. So while you could still use .htaccess and .htpasswd, it might be over plain http depending on your hosting plan.

You are probably better off using .htaccess with user/pass combo with Sonic hosting. https://wiki.sonic.net/wiki/.htaccess

Thank you! Can you elaborate upon that?

Lilith