Best way to protect a directory

Hello,
I would like to try to protected a directory on my website and would like to
know what are some of the best ways to do this.
Thank you

In: <8WVle.1257$s64.567@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.n et>, "jon" <jon@no_more-spam.invalid> wrote:
>Hello,
>I would like to try to protected a directory on my website and would like to
>know what are some of the best ways to do this.
>Thank you

On a UNIX platform you could install a dog device:

mknod dog c|b <major> <minor>

Where major and minor are the device numbers that correspond to the
dog device.

c or b are block or character devices. (If your dog has a lot of
character you'd use 'c' but if it's a block shaped dog, use a b.)

dog is an arbitrary name, but should follow conventions.

IMPORTANT:

After you have installed your dog, you MUST ensure it doesn't get
out of the directory and chase after other peoples files.

To do this, a variety of strategies are used, but the easiest
is simply to link it to the directory you are trying to protect,
to do this, you would use the 'ln' command.

ln dog anchor

A well trained dog doesn't actually need a hard link, as for such
a dog, the chain is only symbolic, for a symbolic link, you would
use the -s option.

ln -s dog anchor

You could also protect your directory with a daemon, but this isn't
recommended practice.


Jamie
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nospam wrote:

> After you have installed your dog, you MUST ensure it doesn't get
> out of the directory and chase after other peoples files.
>
> ln dog anchor

Or just use chroot.

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On 28 May 2005 12:42:31 GMT, nospam@geniegate.com wrote:

>IMPORTANT:
>
>After you have installed your dog, you MUST ensure it doesn't get
>out of the directory and chase after other peoples files.

But watch out if you try to cat anything - all bets are off then ;-P

MGW

On Sat, 28 May 2005 08:25:40 GMT, jon wrote:

> Hello,
> I would like to try to protected a directory on my website and would like to
> know what are some of the best ways to do this.
> Thank you


Specify what web server you're on. The solution depends on it.


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> Specify what web server you're on. The solution depends on it.

Well, I dont know about the OP, but Im on a Windows 2003 server & Id
like to do it!

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> On Sat, 28 May 2005 08:25:40 GMT, jon wrote:
> Specify what web server you're on. The solution depends on it.
>
>
> Karim
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Hello,
Opps my mistake I am currently using cpanel 9.9.9-STABLE 15 on linux version
2.4.21-32.0.1.EL