Re: [OT] web hosting server files

[lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 11,September,2012 11:09 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:25:14 +0800, lina wrote:
> 
>> I put some files on the hosting server, those files can be viewed via
>> the explicit url,
>>
>> such as web.xxx.com/~lina/some_file.html
>>
>> There are no any link built from homepage.
>>
>> I wonder if someone else, without knowing the explicit name, whether can
>> they get or not?
>>
>> I tried wget -c web.xxx.com/~lina/* not work.
>>
>> is it safe?
> 
> No, is not safe but security through obscurity so it's a matter of time 
> that someone can access to the resource. I would password protect the 
> file/folder.

$ ls -lrt
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 lina users 4096 Sep 11 19:59 public_html

All things are suggested to put it into the folder of the
/home/lina/public_html

I am not clear how to password protect my file/folder.

BTW, which tricks people can be used to get the other files under
/home/lina/public_html ?


Thanks again,

Best regards,

> 
> Greetings,
>