Dizkus

The downloads module, as I understand it, essentially just gives a link to the file to be downloaded. I'm perfectly fine with restricting access to this module by setting the group permissions, but how might I otherwise prevent the files from being downloaded if someone were to discover their location?

I was thinking that I might be able to chmod xyz them, but that leaves me without knowing x, y, and z :)

I know I could also do this with .htaccess, but I'd much prefer not having to have the user punch in another password every time they go to download a file.

Any help or suggestions are most appreciated!

Thanks,
Frank DeRosa

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There's really no way to do this effectively. If they know the URL to where it's stored, then they can get it.

True, but they'll have to know the full URL including file name. I would suggest to set .htaccess to disallow directory index being displayed and for this to work remove any index, home or any other default scripts. This would be the safest method beside password protection.

Hi
I uses The UpDownload module and it won’t give me a URL.
It works great,

here is a great solution if you haven't already found it, but it doesn't seem to wk w/ pn726 phoenix

http://forums.postnuke.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=3113&highlight=download+permissions