website directory access

2001-02-01 Thread Robert Shiels
I'm trying to stop people buggering about on my website and looking in directories they shouldn't be, this includes several robots that have started trawling through it. I have family pictures, and work related pictures. I want each group to only look at their own images (for example I don't

Re: website directory access

2001-02-01 Thread Struan Donald
* at 01/02 12:35 - Robert Shiels said: I don't really like this, is there another way? I don't want to have to resort to .htpasswd files, which is what I've implemented for now. er, what's wrong with them? struan

Re: website directory access

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Stevens
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:02:03PM -, Robert Shiels wrote: Well, publishing username/passwords to everyone who needs them is trickey, and getting people to remember them is also hard. For example, I took family photos, I want the whole family to look at them, and anyone else who they

Re: website directory access

2001-02-01 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:02:03PM -, Robert Shiels wrote: For example, I took family photos, I want the whole family to look at them, and anyone else who they give the link to, but my mum has enough trouble connecting to the internet without remembering new usernames and passwords.

Re: website directory access

2001-02-01 Thread Robert Shiels
I don't really like this, is there another way? I don't want to have to resort to .htpasswd files, which is what I've implemented for now. er, what's wrong with them? Well, publishing username/passwords to everyone who needs them is trickey, and getting people to remember them is also

Re: website directory access

2001-02-01 Thread Robin Houston
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:24:08PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: Michael Stevens wrote: You could give out urls with the usernames and passwords in? Were you thinking of http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pics/drunkenperlmongers.jpg ? No such thing; RTFRFC for more info. There may well be

Re: website directory access

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Stevens
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:24:08PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: Michael Stevens wrote: You could give out urls with the usernames and passwords in? Were you thinking of http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pics/drunkenperlmongers.jpg ? No such thing; RTFRFC for more info. Being somewhat

Re: website directory access

2001-02-01 Thread Philip Newton
Robin Houston wrote: On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:24:08PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: Michael Stevens wrote: You could give out urls with the usernames and passwords in? Were you thinking of http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pics/drunkenperlmongers.jpg ? No such thing; RTFRFC for