I am getting the following error message when trying to create password protected directories:
An error occured while attempting to protect the directory
Details
Unable to read the protected directories list file
This doesn't happen on all accounts. But does happen on any new accounts that I create now.
I searched through the forum and discovered that this relates to the .protected.list file in the hidden .htpassword directory.
I notice that when I create an account this file is not present in this directory.
I understand that when you first go to create a password directory it should create the file. However this is not happening because you get the above error message. It seems to be looking for the file, but it is not there.
I then manually created a .password.list file and chmod it to 600
Now when I try and password protect a directory I don't get an error message. I get message that it been added but nothing is added to the file and nothing shows up in the list in the control panel. Also the protection is not working on the directory.
Do you have any idea what the problem could be?
Thanks
Wayne
P.S. I am a reseller on Host Elites servers.
An error occured while attempting to protect the directory
Details
Unable to read the protected directories list file
This doesn't happen on all accounts. But does happen on any new accounts that I create now.
I searched through the forum and discovered that this relates to the .protected.list file in the hidden .htpassword directory.
I notice that when I create an account this file is not present in this directory.
I understand that when you first go to create a password directory it should create the file. However this is not happening because you get the above error message. It seems to be looking for the file, but it is not there.
I then manually created a .password.list file and chmod it to 600
Now when I try and password protect a directory I don't get an error message. I get message that it been added but nothing is added to the file and nothing shows up in the list in the control panel. Also the protection is not working on the directory.
Do you have any idea what the problem could be?
Thanks
Wayne
P.S. I am a reseller on Host Elites servers.