Protection on Site Directories: protdir.exe

The protdir.exe utility serves to manage web protection for domain directories, or, in other words, site areas. The utility allows the following operations:

creating, renaming, and removing protected web directories
adding and removing users allowed to access protected web directories
changing the credentials of the users allowed to access protected web directories

Syntax

protdir.exe <command> [<dir_name>] [

<option1><param> [<option2><param>]…[<option N><param>]

]

Example

The following command line creates the Protected_Dir protected directory on domain domain1.com, adds the MyGuest user for this directory, and sets the MyPass password for this user.

>protdir.exe --create Protected_Dir -domain domain1.com -add_user MyGuest -passwd MyPass

Commands

Command	Parameter	Description	Example
`--create or -c`	`<dir_name>`	Creates the protected URL on the specified domain.	To create the Protected_Dir protected URL on somewhere.com: >protdir.exe --create Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com or >protdir.exe -c Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com
`--update or -u`	`<dir_name>`	Updates the protected URL. Is meant to change URL and manage its users.	To update Protected_Dir by assigning it a title to be displayed on the dialog box: >protdir.exe --update Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com -title "Sample directory" or >protdir.exe –u Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com -title "Sample directory"
`--remove or -r`	`<dir_name>`	Deletes the protected URL.	To delete the Protected_Dir protected URL: >protdir.exe --remove Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com or >protdir.exe -r Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com
`--help or -h`		Displays help on the use of the utility.	To see the help info on the use of this utility: >protdir.exe -–help or >protdir.exe -h

Options

Option	Parameter	Description	Example
`-domain`	`<domain_name>`	Specifies the domain name that owns the URL. This option is required for all commands, except on `--help`.	To create the Protected_Dir protected URL on somewhere.com: >protdir.exe --create Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com
`-subdomain`	`<subdomain_name>`	Specifies the name of a subdomain.	To create the Protected_Dir protected URL on subdomain1.somewhere.com: >protdir.exe --create Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com -subdomain subdomain1
`-title`	`<string>`	Specifies the realm of the protected URL, i.e. the description that will be displayed in the authorization window.	To create a realm for the protected URL: >protdir.exe --update Protected_Dir -domain somewhere.com -title "Sample directory"
`-passwd`	`<password>`	Specifies the user password.	To set a password for the user of a protected URL: >protdir.exe --update Protected_Sample -domain somewhere.com -update_user johndoe -passwd Password1
`-add_user`	`<login_name>`	Adds the user with the specified name.	To add user johndoe: >protdir.exe --update Protected_Dir -add_user johndoe
`-update_user`	`<login_name>`	Updates the user with the specified name.	To provide the user of a protected URL with a new login name: >protdir.exe --update Protected_Dir -update_user johndoe -user_name johndoe_new
`-remove_user`	`<login_name>`	Removes the user with the specified name.	To remove a user of the protected URL: >protdir.exe --update Protected_Dir -remove_user johndoe
`-user_name`	`<login_name>`	Sets the login name for the user. Can be used in combination with the `-update_user` option.	To provide the user of the protected URL with a new login name: >protdir.exe --update Protected_Dir -update_user johndoe -user_name johndoe_new
`-dir_name`	`<dir_name>`	Sets the name of the protected URL. Can be used in combination with the `-update_user` option.	To set a new name for the protected URL: >protdir.exe --update Protected_Dir -dir_name Protected_Dir_New