[TYPO3] access to files only for authenticated frontend users

Pascal Cramer pascal at NOSPAMroguesheep.nl
Tue Jan 22 20:49:23 CET 2008


Günter,
I guess you're looking for 'FHT Download Repository' ,key: fht_download
It allows you to apply authentication for downloading to directories.

Pascal

Günter Hipler wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm looking for a solution to restrict access to files only for 
> authenticated Typo3 frontend users.
> 
> Scenario:
> - users have to authenticate themselves as authorized frontend users 
> (use of newloginbox), so they can see on restricted Typo3 pages a list 
> of URLs to files they are allowed to access. Users shouldn't be forced 
> to authenticate once more against the Webserver (Apache) after login as 
> frontend user in case they access one of the files.
>  - But I have to use means of Apache authentication to prevent access to 
> these files beside the "Typo3 way" - or are there other possibilities?
> 
> Some weeks ago I think I have seen the use of an extension which seems 
> to prevent the access to files beside Typo3 without authentication, but 
> unfortunately I can't find it again.
> 
> Any ideas or hints are welcome!
> 
> Günter
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