Andrew,
If your web-server is set up correctly, then no files in the cgi-bin should
be able viewable.
I have .txt files in my cgi-bin, but if I try to view them with a browser, I
get a "No such file or directory" error.
Even if I try to ftp://mysite.com/cgi-bin/file.txt I still can't see it.
Ha
>>I can see how that would be ideal. However, I am not able to do that at
>>this time. Short of keeping it outside of a web server, what security
>>precautions (including permissions 666 etc.) could I take to keep people
>>from viewing the text file from the browser.
how about giving the file a
Message-
From: Lisa Nyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:58 AM
To: Hughes, Andrew
Subject: Re: permissions question
Hi,
Any sort of data file should be maintained outside of web server
space with permissions that allow the web demon to access it in the
manner it