Hi All
First off, thank you for producing this excellent package.
The documentation & programme is second to none. Even better than many "paid for" applications.
Anyway, enough with blowing sunshine up your bum :)
I'm running CM on a win 2003 R2 server using XAMPP 20/09/12 - to all intents & purposes is a fresh install.
In the area I work I need to share images to only a select few people - and I'd like to use Coppermine user controls to prevent unauthorised access.
The problem I have is that once a user can directlink to an image, he is able to share the link with unauthorised people.
Is there a way for me to prevent direct access?
I'm not talking about hotlinking - but directly linking to a file.
EG:
http://files.physicalcompany.co.uk/images/albums/userpics/10001/ethan.jpg
If pasted in a new browser opens.
To prevent direct access to full-sized pictures, you could use this plugin: http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php/topic,74870.0.html
To prevent all pictures you'd need to make them inaccessible from the web and change the Coppermine code to use readfile() instead of linking to the pictures directly.
Thank you