I'm making a website for a client, and I want to make a password protected directory. The problem is my account type only allows FTP, so is there any way to create the .htaccess and .htpasswd files locally on my computer so I can upload them via FTP?
UPDATE:
I made the files on the site @radius mentioned, and I uploaded and renamed them, but now I'm getting the following message:
"The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request"
.htaccess and .htpasswd files are just text file so you can create them locally then upload them
To create a file starting with '.' on windows see http://www.htaccesstools.com/htaccess-faq/
To create encrypted password for .htpasswd files you can use http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/
You can also download the Apache 2.2 binaries and use htpasswd.exe or htdigest.exe to generate the .htpasswd or .htdigest files on windows.
The generator in the accepted answer seems to no longer be active. However, this one seems to work: https://www.askapache.com/online-tools/htpasswd-generator/
You can always use notepad to create .htaccess and .htpasswd, save them under "ALL FILES". You may not see it under Windows Explorer since Windows see no name but a long extension, but most FTP clients should have no problem showing the files to you and will allow you to upload accordingly.
