744 Forbidden .htacess?

[Mr_J]

Hi all,

My client have legal issues and I need to protect a directory so that only allowed user(s) can ALTER/WRITE to the directory. The problem is that it must display the .html / .php content to the public.

 

Path = domain.com/sub-domain.com/directory2protect

 

I have set file attributes to 744 but the main account can still access the directory and in browser view it is Forbidden. This is a contact form in html where I display an iframe

 

So I have contact.html

<iframe src='contact/form.php' >

I need to protect the directory with a password and/or user before you can replace any document/file

 

Will .htaccess work in a case like this? or do I need to use Apache?

I have tried using the cPanel to protect the directory but again, the main user still have access...

 

Any ideas?

 

Regards