Dear Steven,
Thanks for your advice. I'm afraid you've lost me on the last 3 options, I'm
not sufficiently clever to be able to apply your suggestions.
At this time the "problem" I have run into is that I have more or less
written the intranet in HTML and have used ASP on just one page where I want
specified people to be able to log in to amend on aspect. This is working
fine and with the advice you gave below I can at least put the users.mdb
file somewhere inaccessible.
However, for all the "company files" (forms, handbooks etc.) I could not
figure out a way of putting them somewhere else on the server, away from the
intranet files and then to be able to hyperlink to them. I could not "see"
beyond the root. Therefore I had to stick in a folder called "companyfiles"
as a sub folder from the root - and this folder will be accessible by any
employee who is authorised to copy files into the subdirectories. I really
did not want all the intranet (HTML) files to also be visible, but could not
see a way around it. Using the FileSystemObject seems to be the solution and
I think this means turning all the HTML pages into ASP pages and
hyperlinking using the FileSystemObject. I will have to rewrite most of what
I have done.
I thought I would just explain the situation so far and thank you for your
help.
Laura TD
"Steven Burn" <somewhere@in-time.invalid> wrote in message
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No problem.
If your intranet is in /root and you want access to C:\companyfiles, you can
either;
1. Use the FileSystemObject to access them
2. Use ../ to drill down
Note however, neither of the above will work if IUSR_<machine> does not have
read permissions on them.
The latter will work if the /root folder is located on the same drive,
otherwise you'll need to use the FileSystemObject (or one of the
alternative's). For example;
<%
'// example.asp
Option Explicit
Dim objFSO, objFldr, objFl, iCount
Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFldr = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\companyfiles")
For Each objFl In objFldr.Files
Response.Write objFl.Name & " is located in: " & objFldr.Path & "
and is " & objFl.Size & " bytes<br>"
iCount = iCount + 1
Next
Response.Write "********************************************< br>"
Response.Write iCount & " files found in " & objFldr.Path & "<br>"
Response.Write "********************************************< br>"
Set objFSO = Nothing
%>
If you want the intranet users to be able to actually use/modify/download
the files, you'll additionally need to either;
1. Copy them to a temporary folder above the webroot, then delete them when
they're finished with it
2. Use the Stream method to dynamically send it to them
3. Use the Content-Disposition tag to dynamically send it to them
--
Regards
Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk
Keeping it FREE!
"laura" <replyto@group.com> wrote in message
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> I'm sorry if I'm not being clear.
>
> I think what I'm trying to achieve is to access files somewhere else on
> the
> server or computer where the website/intranet resides, or even on a
> different drive within the company if that's possible.. i.e., my intranet
> resides in
>
> /root and I want to be able to hyperlink to a file or files in
>
> c:\companyfiles\
>
> Can that be done or am I barking up the wrong tree? I am able to access
> any
> file from /root down to any subfolder, but nothing above /root.
>
> I am working from home and intend to install this on a server in an office
> where I don't work on a daily basis.. there is an IT man there who
> presumably will set these things up for me as explained by you below, but
> I
> need to have an understanding as to where I can put company files separate
> and away from the intranet itself. I will also have a couple of database
> files which I want 'hidden' away from staff. The idea is that this is on a
> local personal webserver/intranet and not open to the world wide web.
>
> Sorry if I'm being confusing.
>
> Laura
>
>
> "Steven Burn" <somewhere@in-time.invalid> wrote in message
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> "/" is the website root
> "/iisadmin" is the IIS errr "iisadmin" folder (which btw, should be
> disabled! (download and run IISLockdown))
>
> IISLockdown:
http://surl.co.uk/?1455
>
> Original URL:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> As for your layout, if I'm understanding correctly, you have two site's;
>
> /root
> /root/intranet
>
> and you want to be able to access the files in /root from /root/intranet?
>
> If this is the case, you can (assuming you've allowed it in the IIS
> settings) use parent paths;
>
> ../somefileintheroot.htm
>
> Where ../ is the level. So for example, if your intranet was in;
>
> /root/intranet/someotherfolder
>
> you would use;
>
> ../../somefileintheroot.htm
>
> or quite simply;
>
> /somefileintheroot.htm
>
> It should be noted however, if the intranet is inside the root
> (/root/intranet), you'll need to move it elsewhere if your not wanting it
> to
> be accessed via the outside world, or alternatively, use NTFS permissions
> to
> stop it being accessed by unauthorised personnel.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Steven Burn
> Ur I.T. Mate Group
>
www.it-mate.co.uk
>
> Keeping it FREE!
>
> "laura" <replyto@group.com> wrote in message
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> > I'm trying to understand fully Server.MapPath. I am writing an intranet
> > for
> > a small company and want to be able to put some files accessible to all,
> > hyperlinked from the intranet and therefore, outside of the website
> > area -
> > the idea being that I want staff to be able to copy files into folders
> > that
> > can be accessed by hyperlinks on the intranet pages.
> >
> > I've had a problem separating them from the intranet HTML and ASP pages,
> > which is obviously important as I do not want staff to be able to amend
> > the
> > intranet pages themselves.
> >
> > At the moment I have a structure that looks like this.
> >
> > c:\inetpub\intranet where all the HTML and ASP files will be held,
> > i.e., the root of my "website".
> >
> > the files to be copied into folders will go into subfolders and I'm sure
> > this is where I have gone wrong.. they should go somewhere else, but I
> > am
> > not sure then how to hyperlink to files that are not within the
> > "website".
> >
> > c:\inetpub\intranet\intranetfiles
> >
> > I tried putting the files in a folder "away" from the intranet HTML
> > files...
> >
> > c:\inetpub\intranetfiles - but that was one step back from the website
> > and
> > I could not link to them for some reason. I do not know how to link to
> > files
> > that are somewhere else on the server, e.g., c:\intranetfiles. I want
> > staff
> > to "see" and access that folder, but not the intranet website.. I'm a
> > bit
> > stuck on this.
> >
> > Can someone explain to me why it is that Option (A) below returns
> > c:\inetpub\intranet and Option (B) returns
> > C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\inetsrv\iisadmin. Is it because the inetsrv folder is
> > part
> > of the "website"? this has confused me.
> >
> > A) Response.Write Server.Mappath("/") & "<br>"
> > B) Response.Write Server.Mappath("\iisadmin") & "<br>"
> >
> > Thanks
> > Laura TD
> >
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>
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