Updated on Apr 12, 2019
You can password protect a folder in the following steps:
Now you should create a user that will be granted with access to the protected directory. This can be performed from the settings on the same page.
Now we need to access File Manager again from cPanel but this time from Files section.
Select the directory you would like to share and click with right mouse button and select change permissions you should set them like to 744 as you can see from the screenshot:
After these steps are completed you can share the URL of the protected folder along with the username and password for access. We can assure you that the steps listed above are exactly what you need and you will be able to place the required restrictions to the FTP user you have just created.
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