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# How to Manage Password and Leech Protection

1. Login to cPanel.

2. Search for **Directory Privacy** by using search bar.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot1_1lhsouc.png)

3. Click **Settings** as shown in the picture.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot2_19uji6x.png)

4. Tick Document Root for fast searching your file.

| Tips : This step is to find your target file quicker.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot3_c4fma4.png)

5. Click **Edit** the the file you want to protect.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot4_1nsct0c.png)

6. Tick for Password protect this directory and click save.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot5_e8b5p.png)

7. Fill in the **Create User** part to create a credential user to access this file.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot6_gfhrip.png)

|| Finish for Manage Password at Directory Privacy, Let's proceed to Leech Protection step

1. Search for** Leech Protection** by using search bar.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot8_1m63urv.png)

2. Click **Settings** as shown in the picture.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot9_luv86g.png)

3. Tick Document Root for fast searching your file.

| Tips : This step is to find your target file quicker.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot10_1tb7afm.png)

4. Click **Edit** the the file you want to do an action.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot11_lb8wn0.png)

5. To setup leech protection, Fill in the **Number of Logins Per Username Allowed in a 2-Hour Period** . **URL to Redirect Leech Users** to will redirects the users who exceeded the number of logins to this URL link.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot12_1x52b7w.png)

6. **Send Email Alert To** will notify you about the leech protection when it triggered the function.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot13_mjvesd.png)

7. Click **Enable** to activate the function.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/67938060e89a4400/screenshot14_13jjff2.png)

|| You have finished the tutorial

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