Can't create file outside of root directory

Question

I have a server hosted by Altervista. Now since I don't want a file that I manage to be accessed by visitors, I wanted to put it outside of the root directory. I thought /var/www/ would work but it doesn't, or maybe I can't access at it.

Do you know how I can avoid users to access this file?

Answer 1

您可以使用密码通过子目录中的.htaccess和.htpasswd文件保护/var/www子目录中的文件（此处描述的过程为https://davidwalsh.name/password-protect-directory-using-htaccess ，例如） 。