Posted by Zoe Brown on 05/11/07 15:34

"Vince Morgan" <vinharAtHereoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> "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

Would be via a link, so PHP. I am looking at .htaccess now though - do you
think this would be better ?

>

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