Private images
neosergi - June 27, 2009 - 03:18
"Hello, I have a concern about privacy of images, ...
Unregistered users can not access the image through the node but they can access the image through the physical path.
I want the images are stored in a private folder in which you can not access any way. Something similar to the module "private upload.
Is it possible? There are some modules?
Thank you
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move files folder above the public_root
goto administer -> file system
set the relative path to the files folder
switch to the private system setting.
READ the instructions first. If you have already uploaded files in the files folder, you will likely may have issues with them and have to reupload that content.
Private and public images
As noted on the Private Upload module page, switching the entire system to the private download method heavily impacts performance when using many images on public pages. Seems it's an all-or-nothing approach.
It would be cool if there was some module that could divide images into private and public, putting them into one of two separate directories. When inserting images, the public ones would get a direct link, and the private ones a link to some PHP page with a node ID parameter. That way, public pages with many images would still be loaded fast, while private images would remain protected.
Is there a module like that?