Yeah, but if you don't put them in the Web Sites Root... The web server for any particular site only gives http access to a certain portion of the file system on any given machine. Put it on the same machine, but not in the httproot.
let's pretend this is your directory structure: /logs/ /htdocs/ /private/ /blah/ of the above, only one folder serves pages to requesting browsers. Stick your pdfs in one of the other three or make a new one... the point is that there is space on almost every hosting plan that is not served directly out to the web, but you still have access to through scripts. Ask anyone who's ever set up a site with a M$ Access back end... - Stephen On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:20:04 +1200, Clancy Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Stephen. If Joe user guesses the path to the files, he'll be able to > access them though, which is what I want to avoid. > > eg. If the path to the PDF docs is www.mycompany.com/PDFs/ > > and Joe user guesses that a file name is report1.pdf and then enters > www.mycompany.com/PDFs/report1.pdf into his browser, he's gonna get the > file. Right? I realise that someone guessing the directory name and the > filename is not that high, but still. What do other people do about this? ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
