[Mediawiki-l] User access to file upload directory

[Jan Steinman]

On 23 Apr 2005, at 01:57, Dorthe Luebbert wrote:

> is it possible to protect the image directory (the directory where the 
> uploaded files are stored) from outside access? I don't want (now) 
> that the following links work when accessed by users not logged in:
>
> Media:something.pdf
> image:something.pdf
>
> The links go to
> http://mywiki.de/wiki/images/5/57/something.pdf
> http://mywiki.de/wiki/Bild:somthing.pdf
>
> Did I miss any configure option?

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. If you upload the files, 
and don't want people to access them, why did you upload them?

In order to accomplish upload, the /images directory must be writable 
by the httpd process. (Although, at least in 1.4b5, MediaWiki is making 
subdirectories that are world-writable, which is a no-no.)

:::: I think I'll become a Unitarian -- I've always been fond of the 
metric system.
:::: Jan Steinman, http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Item/99AG24