[pmwiki-users] pmwiki-2.0.beta31 released

[Hans]

Friday, April 15, 2005, 8:06:50 AM, Patrick wrote:
> 2.0.beta31 adds the ability to store and serve attachments (uploads)
> from directories that are not directly accessible to the webserver.
> A new "download" action ([@?action=download@]) tells PmWiki to retrieve
> an attachment associated with the current page.  This can be used for
> protecting attachments via a page's passwords, or for working around
> webservers that cannot access files in PmWiki's ''uploads/'' directories.

> Setting $EnableDirectDownload=0; tells PmWiki to use [@?action=download@]
> links to retrieve attachments instead of telling the browser to access
> the attachments directly through the webserver.  Note that this
> setting by itself may not be enough to protect uploads; one may need
> also need to to configure the webserver or ''uploads/'' directory
> to block direct requests to the webserver for attachment files.
> More on this in another message or cookbook recipe (or write me
> for details).

I must confess total puzzlement as to how to use the above in
practical terms.


Best, 
~Hans