Add a 2nd required password to get into admin cp...

[MaDCaT75]

I'd like to add a 2nd password to get into the admin CP at my forum so nobody tries to hack their way into my forum, or at least has less of a chance at doing so. Any way to make a 2nd password required to get in?

[amykhar]

MadCat, are you looking for advice on how to start doing it yourself? If so, you have posted in the correct forum. However, if you are looking to have somebody do it all for you, this should be posted in the requests forum.

Amy

[MaDCaT75]

Yeah sorry I didnt clarify....

I wanted to know where I can find out how to do this myself.

[Velocd]

A second password, in normal HTML-embedded fashion, is redundant. One password should be enough, just make it over 12 characters, minimum.

If you want to add another password for enhanced security, do it from the server, adding HTACCESS password protection to the admin directory.

Visit your CPANEL for more information. :up:

[Erwin]

If you're running Apache, you can use a .htaccess file to do this.

[Sylvus]

All the men above are correct. Use .htaccess to administer another password for your admin directory. What's even better about that is if you have a static IP # or if the first two digits of your IP # remain the same, you can add that to the .htaccess file along with the password.

This way only those who match the IP # you specify will be prompted for the password. Once you enter the password from the .htaccess file, then you'll be prompted again for the VB, VBB, Vbb, Vb, vb admin password.

.htaccess is the way to go, personally.

Syl...

[Logician]

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[Kwak]

I done the same by making the file password protected via cpanel.