Posted by Vince Morgan on 05/11/07 15:29

"Zoe Brown" <zoenaomibrown@N-O-S-P-A-A-Mtesco.net> wrote in message
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> Hello all.
>
> I have a client who wants to be able to restrict access to a PDF file to a
> specific user. They want a control panel where they can create a user
with
> username/password and upload the PDF. So far so good.
>
> But what is the best way to restrict access to the PDF ? I was thinking
of
> storing it above the root so that it was not in the public domain, when
the
> user requests it, prompt for username/password and then copy the file with
a
> random filename to a public place. Then delete is straight afterwards.
>
> There has to be a better way though ?
>
> thanks
>
> Zoe
>
>
What type of access? File system; php script; web?
Vince

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