Is there a basic admin panel script or something similar (free) that will basically allow me to put some files behind a password in order to allow some certain people to access them... Thanks in advance
I dont know if i understood your question clearly or not but here's the answer. I think a membership site script would do the thing that you want and as far as i think Joomla could do the trick and if you are a techy, it would be even easier for you.
if you have't done much with programing then Joomla may be your choice for doing it; just let the users register there and allow your content to registered members only!