[TYPO3-english] Secure file access

amadeo Marketing & Design - Paul Garais garais at amadeo-marketing.de
Mon Sep 17 13:47:35 CEST 2012


Hi Graham,

if you secure the containing folder via htaccess, Typo3 displays a small icon for the folder which 
differs from standard folder-icons. This should make it clear for backend editors.


Greets,
Paul


Am 17.09.2012 13:37, schrieb Graham Knight:
> Dear All,
>
> Is there a TYPO3 extension that allows access permissions to be applied to files? For example I 
> would like to be able to ensure that a certain file is only accessible when a user is logged in to 
> a particular FE group.
>
> Currently I am using the Secure Downloads (naw_securedl) extension. This almost does what I want 
> in that if I have a page whose access is restricted to (say) FE group 6 then file URLs on that 
> page are mapped to URLs that work only for people logged in to group 6. However, if I put a link 
> to the same file from an unsecured page then a link is generated that works for everyone. I have 
> lots of backend editors and I cannot guarantee that one of them will not make this mistake.
>
> Graham
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