.htaccess allow question??

eagletalontim · 04-22-2006, 06:20 PM

is there any way to allow a certain file to be read only by a certain file?

I am trying to block a user from directly viewing a javascript file, but i want the file that needs the javascript to be able to read it and everything work.

thanks in advance
Tim

pdeman2 · 04-22-2006, 07:30 PM

I'm not positive I know what you're saying, but I'm assuming that the javascript file needs to be run by a webserver. If this is the case, then find out what user and group your server is running as. Once you have done that, open up your terminal, do a chown <user>:<group> <file> on that file, where <user> is the user your server runs as, <group> is the group your server runs as, and <file> is the path to the javascript file. Once you have completed this step, do a chmod 711 <file>. Also, you have to be root to do this.

eagletalontim · 04-22-2006, 07:39 PM

that is a problem...i do not have root access

pdeman2 · 04-22-2006, 07:53 PM

In that case, I'm not sure. You could always ask your administrator to do that for you.

spooon · 04-23-2006, 01:07 AM

If by JavaScript, you mean client-side JavaScript (what it usually means), then you can't do this because it's a completely client-side technology. The user (i.e. the web browser) needs to be able to load the JavaScript file.