The first time I installed Links, I followed all of the instructions and got admin.cgi to work. After that I tried to password protect it using .htaccess, failed, and decided I'd try again later.

I think that I may have left the .htaccess and .htpasswd files by accident, but I can't seem to be able to find them (I'm using CuteFTP, and they have mysteriously vanished). I knew that they were still there, and I didn't know what to do about it. So I deleted everything, but the admin folder (which is where I put .htaccess and .htpasswd) stayed because it "wasn't empty," and now I can't delete it. But when I look inside it, there is nothing there. So I renamed it something meaningless and left it there.

I've re-uploaded the entire thing onto my FTP server, set the permissions and everything else, but it still doesn't work. I'm guessing that the problem is those two files.

Meanwhile, whenever I try to go to admin.cgi I get 403 - Forbidden.

I wasn't sure whether I should ask my question here, or whether to go find a CuteFTP forum, but the problem seems to be a little bit of both, so I'm sorry if this question doesn't belong here.

I'd really appreciate any help

Thanks.