[thelist] ASP Wishful Thinking

jcanfield at magisnetworks.com jcanfield at magisnetworks.com
Mon Jun 10 14:13:00 CDT 2002


> Now the Powers That Be want to link to these files (mainly
> doc, xls, and pdf). They're outside the physical webspace for
> security reasons (the files are uploaded via ASP, so the
> directory they're in has write permissions on it, and the
> Network Staff says it's gotta be outside the root of the website).
>
> There's no way to link to them, is there?

If you use the 'file' protocol instead of 'http' you should be able to link
anywhere on the box. I do it all the time on our intranet.

joel



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