In Hitweb, several directories shall not be accessible to the world. The administration one
(admin/) and the one where the configuration file is located (conf/).
To protect them, you can use an .htaccess file. This type of file is used with an
Apache web serveur
to secure access to some part of a site.
To set up .htaccess on FREE, you shall read this doc :
http://support.free.fr/web/restriction_acces.html
If you are using a standard Apache server, you shall use the following example :
AuthName "Acces Restreint" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /path/passlist <Limit GET POST> require valid-user </Limit>
Where "path" must be the complete path to the passlist file.
And passlist the file where users having access to the protected part are stored.
To add new users to this file, you shall use the following command :
htpasswd passlist login
For more information, you could read this very clear explanation (in French) at the following URL :
http://www.infres.enst.fr/~danzart/frames/htaccess.html
Soon to come...