stevevan

FYI... I reinstalled Locked_Area and put the members.db in an area that should not be accessable to anyone except for the people who have access to cpanel: /home/username/dbsafe/members.db. I think this may solve the question of email addresses being available. Someone else may want to hack away and let me know if my thinking is on line. BTW...it works just fine installed like that, too!

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palms

I guess it would then depend upon where you store it. If I remember correctly, in the installation process, you can specify what directory you want the database file stored. Maybe I'll try this later on tonight (unless someone else wants to). It would stand to reason that if the database was stored in some other directory (root for example) that is not publicly available, then the contents would NOT be visible simply by entering a url in a web browser. Again, I'm not that strong in this department, so by all means correct me if my thinking is off-base.

Hawaii Naughty

I got the db list also, but only after I logged in and the script validated me as an authorized user. I'm not too up on password protection, but since the password is encrypted, would this be considered a serious security issue or not?

grass

Here is a link to an easy solution for those that just want a password-protected "Members Only" area of their site. It requires less than what aMember Free membership software offers, and the best part of all.......it's FREE! Installation is pretty straight forward if you READ the readme.txt file that's bundled with the zip download. I had it up and running in less than 2 minutes. Check out the website for more info. www.Locked-Area.com

Thanks for the research, Lianna. It's what I kinda suspected also. (Kinda comforting to know my thinking isn't THAT screwed up! ) I would assume that I could write a quick script to import the data from the flat file into a MySQL table. I'm looking into seeing if I can use this data as part of a larger database. (Amazing what one can learn by playing around and asking "what if..."!) Thanks again for your help!

Sounds ok to me. I'll check back later to see what you found out.

if you would like. I've already installed it and played around a bit. It's pretty straight forward. I was just curious about the database installation path to see if I could then use either phpMyAdmin or Manage MySql from the control panel. Let me know what you find out!

I've been looking/playing around with a program call Locked_Area (www.locked-area.com). I'd like to be able to access the database it uses with one of the two database tools in cpanel. Two questions: #1. What's the full path to where my databases are stored? #2. Anyone else ever used this app? Curious to hear stories (good/bad/ugly, etc). I've already checked through the FAQ's and other help pages but could not find anything relevant. Thx.

togetherness

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motion

airplane

I found a nifty little program that helped me out a while ago. Check out this link: msa2mys I had to do a little rewriting when I used it but it saved a WHOLE bunch of typing!

carolinas

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perplexed

I don't think uploading them via FTP would cause the problem. I've got FP extensions running on mine and there's been no problem that I can tell! However, it's been a while since I've used FP (I normally use Macromedia's Homesite in Windoze and Bluefish in Linux) and your problem got me a little curious. So I opened up FP and tried to access my site. I found that I was unable to log into my site via any method using FP. Curious issue. Curious...but nothing that would cause me personally any major concern. (But then again...I try to stay away from Micro$oft programs as much as possible!) Hopefully one of the more knowledgeable guru's can give us both a logical explanation of this situation.

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