How do I make files and folders inaccessible to the public..

"Peter Olcott" <NoSpam RemoveThis @SeeScreen.com> writes:

>How do I make files and folders inaccessible to the public
>on a webserver?

By installing passwords?
By installing a firewall which allows port 80 access only to the desired
webservice?


>I want to allow execute access to a specific webservice, but
>deny all other access to everything else.
Execute?

On Saturday 07 November 2009 15:12 in comp.os.linux.security, somebody
identifying as Peter Olcott wrote...

> How do I make files and folders inaccessible to the public
> on a webserver?
>
> I want to allow execute access to a specific webservice, but
> deny all other access to everything else.

(1) Make sure Apache - I am assuming Apache as the webserver; substitute
by whatever webserver you are running - is not running with root
privileges and that it does not have read access to the files.

(2) Use the ".htaccess" file and/or implement Access Control Lists.

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Peter Olcott wrote:

> How do I make files and folders inaccessible to the public
> on a webserver?
>
> I want to allow execute access to a specific webservice, but
> deny all other access to everything else.

Controlling "public access" over http, ftp, shell, or, or all of them?
Who/what do you need to allow access to view or execute said
filers/programs?
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