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The first time you access the Administrators section in the admin panel for osCommerce, you will see a message stating \u201cThis osCommerce Online Merchant Administration Tool installation is not additionally secured through htaccess\/htpasswd means. Enabling the htaccess\/htpasswd security layer will automatically store administrator username and passwords in a htpasswd file when updating administrator password records.\u201d <\/p>\n

In this guide we will show you how to protect your osCommerce powered website with the htaccess\/htpasswd means.<\/p>\n

Securing osCommerce:<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Login to the Admin Panel for osCommerce<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Click the Administrators<\/strong> link.<\/li>\n
  3. You will see the users listed toward the bottom. Click the Edit<\/strong> button to the right of your administrator. \"\"<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. Enter a password in the New Password<\/em> field, check the box for Protect With htaccess\/htpasswd, then click the Save<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n
  5. A box will pop up asking for a username and password, enter the ones you just set, and click the OK<\/strong> button. \"\"<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. Instead of the red warning message, you will now see a green message stating \u201cThis osCommerce Online Merchant Administration Tool installation is additionally secured through htaccess\/htpasswd means.\u201d
    \"\"<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Congratulations, now you know how to protect your osCommerce powered website with the htaccess\/htpasswd option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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