Thanks for the info.

While the developers are looking at the app I've added a simple
url-mapping that redirects the users to a login servlet that keeps them
out of that directory.

Cheers - Steve


On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Shapira, Yoav wrote:

>
> 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
> >
> >
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