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Jiří Navrátil | 7 Nov 2007 23:55

access to directory starting with a dot

Hi,

I'm using mathopd as web server. I had installed
http://www.0x743.com/vee for my blog.

vee is using directory .vee for storing files and I can't access this
URL  http://blog.navratil.cz/.vee/1194472536.2007-11-07T22:55:13.html
(with dot in directory name)

I created a copy without dot, and that URL is working fine
http://blog.navratil.cz/vee/1194472536.2007-11-07T22:55:13.html

Is this specific to mathopd? Can I adjust config for allowing use of
dot in directory name?

PS: I can adjust vee to use other directory name, but I like to
understand this behaviour.

Thank you,
Jiri

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Mr Allwyn Fernandes | 8 Nov 2007 04:03

Re: access to directory starting with a dot

Hi Jiří,

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:55:47 am Jiří Navrátil wrote:
> vee is using directory .vee for storing files and I can't access this
> URL  http://blog.navratil.cz/.vee/1194472536.2007-11-07T22:55:13.html
> (with dot in directory name)

It's a by-design behaviour; it hides files like .htpasswd, which might contain 
sensitive information, in keeping with the UNIX ". means hidden" tradition. 
You can change this behaviour using the AllowDotfiles configuration option.

http://www.mathopd.org/wiki?AllowDotfiles

Cheers,

Allwyn.

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