Ability to add basic auth to folders in file manager

[PLAN8VR]

I know there is the ability to change permissions in the file manager, but it would also be very handy to have the ability to make a folder require basic auth.

IE, serve a folder recursively when username and password are entered.

[erkange]

agree.

[slaweally]

Manual workaround:
You can add this to your nginx vhost:

location /folder-name {
    auth_basic "Restricted Area";
    auth_basic_user_file /path/to/.htpasswd;
}

Create .htpasswd file:
htpasswd -c /path/to/.htpasswd username
But keep in mind CloudPanel updates might overwrite your manual nginx configs. Would be great to have this as a GUI feature though!