Howdy, It's a problem with your directory structure or your security configuration in web.xml, or both. Perhaps moving the symlink so that it's under WEB-INF is enough for your needs.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:04 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: symbolic links and applications > >Hi, > >I have an application running under tomcat that stores a bunch of files in >a directory. In the normal everyday use of the application users login to >the app and then can get at these files. However if a user figures out >the URL then they can browse directly to the location of the files without >logging into the application. BTW the path to the files is a symbolic >link in the ...../webapps/app/ directory, pointing to the real location of >the data. > >Does anyone have aview whether this is a problem with the application >itself or with the tomcat config. > > >Cheers all - Steve > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
