To password protect a directory, do the following:
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Sign in to Virtualmin.
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Click Services in the left-hand navigation, then click Protected Directories.
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Click Add protection for a new directory.
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Under Website subdirectory, pick an option that suits you needs. Whatever you use for Sub-directory will be relative to your virtual server's document root (web/public).
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Under Authentication realm, enter anything to 'name' the protected resource. The realm is simply a description for the password-protected directory, which is displayed in the users' browsers when they try to login. You can enter anything, such as Private files or Database access.
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Click Create. You should now see a listing of your protected directories.
This defined the protected realm. To assign access to users:
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Click Services in the left-hand navigation, then click Edit FTP Users (the option might also be called Edit Mail and FTPUsers depending on the features you used).
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Pick an existing user, or create a new one.
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Open up the Other user permissions section.
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Select the protection realm name that you create above under Allow access to web directories and click the right arrow button to give access to this user.
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Click Save.
You've now password protected a directory and assigned a user to this protected area. If you want, you can go back and add more users by repeating the last four steps.
