Re: files that begin with .

[email protected] (David D. Smith) Sun, 30 May 2004 12:47:05 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.web.fnord
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 "David" == David D Smith <[email protected]> writes:

  David> In version 1.77 of httpd.c (almost a year old now), it was
  David> introduced that if a path in a URL contains "/.", it should
  David> be modified to be "/:". See line 1338 of httpd.c (current
  David> version from CVS, 1.84). Why was this change introduced?

  Felix> It's what publicfile does, and it prevents accidental
  Felix> publication of dot files.

I’m sorry, but I specifically want to publish dot files. I see from
the publicfile website that it “refuses to supply files that are [...]
unreadable to world.” Would it be enough if we expect the user to
remove world readable permissions from dot files he does not want to
serve?
-- 
  David D. Smith
Another lefty vigorously promoting secular humanism.

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