Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : restricting downloads https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:05:16 +0000 Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:31:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11777 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[restricting downloads : Don&#039;t use the username as...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-downloads_topic11777_post65688.html#65688 Author: theSCIENTIST
Subject: 11777
Posted: 18 September 2004 at 6:31am

Don't use the username as dir name, but use the usercode instead, and I know other users can get the usercodes, but it should be better since they don't know you are using the usercode, for this to work, you cannot pass full URL's of the locations as you did above, send the call to a file that will dynamically make the connection to the file required, you must pass a value from the first file to the second, maybe the usercode reversed so it won't be obvious.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:31:23 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-downloads_topic11777_post65688.html#65688 <![CDATA[restricting downloads : there is a nt auth modekhurram. As...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-downloads_topic11777_post65613.html#65613 Author: michael
Subject: 11777
Posted: 16 September 2004 at 11:21pm

there is a nt auth modekhurram.

As for your probelm, you can set ntfs permissions on that folder so only authorized users have access. Besides that it should be fairly easy to mod the forum, in a way that the files upload to a private directory, then when someone clicks a link that must be generated dynamically it gets streamed to the user, this link can be different every time. 4guysfromrolla has a tutorila on how to do that.

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:21:51 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-downloads_topic11777_post65613.html#65613 <![CDATA[restricting downloads : Did you mean you did the Active...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-downloads_topic11777_post65585.html#65585 Author: khurram007
Subject: 11777
Posted: 16 September 2004 at 12:45pm

Did you mean you did the Active directory integration with WWF??? Can you let me know please how u did it.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:45:23 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-downloads_topic11777_post65585.html#65585 <![CDATA[restricting downloads : I have many private groups, in...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-downloads_topic11777_post65261.html#65261 Author: typhoon
Subject: 11777
Posted: 13 September 2004 at 4:55am

I have many private groups, in my forum, and we utilize the file up/download quite frequenly, we are using the aspsmartupload component.

Now to the problem, the uploads gets stored on the server under a directory in the users name. Usually the link is in a post in a forum. people with access to this post can download the attachment. But we also have people that don't have access to this topic, but other forums, these people can still download that attachment if they would be sent the link in a mail with an direct url to the attached uploaded document.

ie attchments gets stored like this:

https://forum.org/forum/uploads/files/username/uploaded_docu ment.doc

anyone that have access to the server can download that document, well, they must know the url, but still its a bit scary as we really need security on these documents, we are using the active directory integration with this so we dont have to common login procedure for users. Any idea on a solution?

i "could" start using a lot of groups, and start securing the documents, problem is new users, and a lot of administration. Any nifty idea for an solution?

//Dave]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 04:55:08 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-downloads_topic11777_post65261.html#65261