Hi Jon,
Once more you come up trumps.
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:46:18 +0100, you wrote:

>1. Make sure all your scripts that contain connection settings and
>whatnot
>end in .php, so they get processed instead of output - this way,
>even if
>someone calls the script directly, all that happens is they get a
>blank
>page.
>
That's one thing I managed to grasp from earlier postings and I think
I have that set up OK.


>if you move the connections folder outside the public tree, then no-
>one can
>request your connection stuff via HTTP (but you can still include
>it).
>
>/
>/cgi-bin
>/includes
>/includes/connections
>/includes/any-other-sensitive-stuff
>/logs
>/public_html
>/public_html/books
>

Now this is where I get confused. If I enter just the site name in my
browser I get the index file that sits in /public_html and I
therefore assume that the system sees /public_html as my root
directory. Now, how do I include a file that sits under the root ?
Surely the OS treats the root as the bottom directory ( or does it?)
I have a strange feeling that my logic is about to get turned upside
down <g>

>
>That's a good sign. Paranoia should be the *default* frame of mind
>for any
>halfway-competent sysadmin.
>
Me? A sysadmin? WOW !!

I can see a request for a payrise in the offing.

I can't see the actual payrise mind, just the request :-)

regards

Melanie



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