Bluehost How-To : Password protecting main domain, opening up add-on domains

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This is a bluehost question posted by huggies on 20 July 2008

Apologies, I already posted this question to an older thread, but I don’t see it listed where it should be when sorted by “last post”…not sure if it’s lost in the bulletin board somewhere, or if it’s in an “archived” section.
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My main domain (I only have the one so far) is at the root of /public_html. I’m about to add an add-on domain as per the instructions in other threads.

However, my main domain has password protected the public_html root, and I do not wish the add-on domain to be password protected.

In other words
~/public_html/xxx -> password protected EXCEPT
~/public_html/add_on_domain/yyy -> This I want to be public.

I originally had the main domain password protected via cpanel’s “password protect directories” functionality. I’m sure that in turn set the .htaccess appropriately.

If anyone can assist me with learning how to modify cpanel settings, or .htaccess such that I keep my main domain behind password, but open up my add-on domains, I’d be much appreciated. I’m a novice at modifying .htaccess

Don’t mean to thread-hijack either…this thread seemed appropriate. Please let me know though and I can start a new thread.

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