[Pmwiki-users] Re: Re: Uploading and password proctecting

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud
Wed Jun 16 14:49:35 CDT 2004


On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 09:58:48PM +0200, chr at home.se wrote:
> 
> Maybe we should start over... the point I'm trying to make, is that if
> public access to the upload directory is blocked, we loose the ability to
> use Apache's "dirctory listing" functionality, and potentially also the
> possibility to use external software for managing the files (I'd like 
> drag'n'drop here).

I understand that point.  My point/response is that even if PmWiki 
defaults to blocking the upload directory, a wikiadministrator can 
easily unblock it.  (How?  Just replace uploads/.htaccess with a 
blank file is only one of many possibilities.)

Pm



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