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AndeAnderson 09-19-2007 09:29 AM
How to set-up secure download directory
 
I am working on setting up a secure directory for eBooks. I tried creating a root directory */download with permissions of 0444, password required and set-up a user name and password.

When I tried to access the directory I was denied access, without the option to even put in the password.

Could someone help me with this?

win32sux 09-19-2007 09:54 AM
In order to enter a directory, it needs to have executable permissions. A setting of 444 would mean only read permissions. Hence, it is completely normal that you would get a "permission denied".
Code:
win32sux@candystore:~$ mkdir /tmp/example
win32sux@candystore:~$ chmod 444 /tmp/example
win32sux@candystore:~$ cd /tmp/example
bash: cd: /tmp/example: Permission denied
win32sux@candystore:~$ chmod u+x /tmp/example
win32sux@candystore:~$ cd /tmp/example
win32sux@candystore:/tmp/example$


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