location for form data file

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onlineThe data from forms on our site is going into csv files in the
_private folder. The person who needs to access these files has always been
able to navigate to the files even though they were in the _private folder
(which I thought couldn't be done). For whatever reason, we can no longer
access them there online. Here is what I want to know (2 questions). (1) Is
there any reason these files have to be kept in the _private folder? (2) I
would like to keep them in the private folder, because we are gathering
personal contact information from people. So, how can I have my person get
into the _private folder by navigating there online? Is there a way I can
set a permission for that folder that will grant access? Thank you.
 
No.
They will need to access the online _private folder with FrontPage, with the
user name and password.

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The person who needs to access these files is not a FrontPage user. In fact,
he is a MAC user. So, other than me downloading the files and E-mailing the
files on to him, there is no other way he could access it?
 
If I had the files go into a different folder, could I protect it in some way
(from other people online) but still allow access to only one user - with a
password?
 
Thank you. So far, I have not found such a script on that site. However, it
does look like a very udeful site that I will revisit, so, thank you.
 
You could send the data to a password protected directory.
How you would do this depends upon the type of server the site is hosted on.


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Then consider sending the person an email each time the form is completed or look at using a
database driven application

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We do send an e-mail with each use -- as a back-up, but data is the file, is,
of course, easier to manipulate. I'm still not saavy enough to create a
database, but I'm working on it.
 
The problem with writing to a file is that user must have FP access to retrieve it. If they have
been able to access it in the past, then the permissions where not set correctly on the _private
folder, which meant that anyone could have accessed the file.

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:) Yes, I understand that -- now. How scary. Although I knew the _private
folder was not supposed to be accessible, the tech support from our host told
us that we could navigate to the file directly for download, and it worked.
So, I didn't question it -- or test anything else about the folder. I just
assumed that a visitor couldn't read a listing of the directory, but if
someone had an exact file name, the could download. I see I was wrong. All
I can think of is that the host might have changed permissions -- trying to
help us out. ??? I don't know. but I am glad to know that no confidential
information was compromised!
 
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