Hi All,
I would like to have a third party create usernames/passwords for directories on a website, but I do not want the third party to have access to cpanel. My research has not been fruitful. Does anybody have any ideas?
Thanks,
Norton
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JeevesBond posted this at 04:49—28th March 2008.
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Tricky. To answer this we'll need to know a little more about what you're trying to do. Is this a directory of miscellaneous files, or some Web pages? How are these third parties accessing the site, over HTTP (using a Web browser) or FTP?
Secondly, you want third parties to be able to create usernames/passwords themselves. I'd normally suggest using .htaccess, but that would probably be too difficult for these third parties.
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anorton posted this at 04:55—28th March 2008.
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Hi Jeeves,
Thanks for the reply. My first post was a bit unclear. I manually grant access to people (readers) for specific directories, I use cpanel to create a username and password for each person and then email them the username and password manually. Instead of setting up the usernames and passwords myself, I want someone else (i.e., my daughter) to do it forme. I would give her the list of directories, usernames, and passwords, and she would manually set them up. However, I don't want her to have access to my cpanel because I don't trust her not to blow my site up when I'm not looking. I hope that is clearer and thanks again for the reply.
Norton
JeevesBond posted this at 08:35—28th March 2008.
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That helps, but what's inside the directories? If you just need to show a directory listing, then create a PHP script that will show the directory contents.
The next thing to do is make your PHP script only show the directory listing if the user enters a username and password that's in a database. This is somewhat insecure, in that someone with a password could give others direct links to the files in the directories, up to you if that's a concern or not.
If the contents of the directories are Web pages you should probably bite the bullet and use a CMS. There are plenty of Free ones out there (free as in beer and freedom), personally I recommend Drupal. But you should try-out a few before making a decision.
Tell us where you need further help and we can get into specifics.
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anorton posted this at 18:03—28th March 2008.
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Thanks Jeeves. I will look into Drupal and other CMSs. I appreciate your help and will let you know how I decide to go.