Does anyone know of a script that stops people from linking directly to files on a site? I have quite a few large files on my site and don't want other sites linking directly to the files. Are there any scripts around that prevent this?

RedRum - I seem to remember you talking about this a while ago now but I can't remember the thread and can't find it via the search. Can you be of any assistance?

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You may be able to use Apache mod-rewrite... for example (which might not work... but should be close)


--Philip
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Sorry but where should I put this?

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Oh yeah, that would be useful to know, wouldn't it? .htaccess or httpd.conf should work.

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Is it possible to add more websites (permitted to link back) to the list - if so how?

thanks

One more question King Junko II.

Should I just create a ".htaccess" file with that in it and throw it in the root directory of my site?

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Sites that should be allowed to link directly to you can either be added to the!^domain.com or chained with additional conditions...

or

you may want to look at the mod_rewrite docs at apache.org for better (and hopefully accurate) examples. I've learned a little from http://www.modrewrite.com.

If you're going to be having a lot of allowed referers, I would suggest using the mapping function through an external program. Some examples are provided in Ralf Engleschall's guide I think.

--Philip
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The code you provided me doesn't work. I placed in in an ".htaccess" and an "httpd.conf" file but it didn't work.

I placed those files in the root directory of my site. Any other ideas?

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Sorry... that could mean one many things... including
a) my example is buggy
b) your host does not have rewrite installed/turned on
c) your host does not allow you ot override global settings with .htaccess

Please check the documentation and search this forum... this has been discussed before.

--Philip
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Thanks Philip.

For those interested I've just come across these three pages that should prove useful:

http://faq.solutionscripts.com/misc/hot_linking.html

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/...s=&threadid=3065

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...h%20stealing;#155672

I'm going to give those a go tonight - figures crossed!

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Damn

I tried:



RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.cricketweb.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.cricketweb.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|GIF|jpg|JPG|zip|ZIP|exe|EXE)$ - [F]


from that first link I added but it didn't work. I placed the .htaccess file in the root directory of my site but it just locked down my whole site.

I sent Terabyte (my host) an email and got this in reply





Any ideas guys?

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Guys! help - please!

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^

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See: http://httpd.apache.org/...sc/rewriteguide.html and Blocked Inline Images section.

Cheers,

Alex
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Thanks for the link Alex.

I've tried and tried over the past couple of days to get it working and just can't. This is driving me crazy!

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Have you got any rewrites to work, just to check they are functioning properly?

Thanks for your response RedRum.

No I haven't managed to get any working I don't think although how can I tell what it does work?

Tera-byte support gave me this response so surely it will work some how:


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Try something like:

RewriteRule ^.* http://www.someurl.com/ [L]

...on its own.

Thanks Redrum

Should I save it as a .htaccess file or a httpd.conf file?

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Try htaccess, if that doesn't work try httpd.conf......hm....is this a dedicated server?

Thanks a lot Redrum - worked perfectly with httpd.conf

The people on the other website now get "file not found" errors

What can I do to add more addresses to the file though?

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Also, is there anything I can do to automatically redirect them to a page saying "please don't steal my bandwidth, etc" rather than a "file not found - 404" page?

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Just change www.someurl.com with your custom page url.

I did provide it just as a test though to check rewrites worked, it wasn't a solution to your question....but hey if it works like you want then thats cool.

I've changed it to:



but when I click on a download link on another website it still brings up a file not found error. Any ides why?

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