# Stop outside access to directory

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stop-outside-access-to-directory/177889>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 26, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stop-outside-access-to-directory/177889 "2009-10-26T11:16:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stop-outside-access-to-directory/177889/1 "2009-10-26T11:16:16Z")

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How could I stop access to a directory from the outside, for example a  
dir with images, and only allow it via the Rails app?

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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stop-outside-access-to-directory/177889/2 "2009-10-26T11:38:02Z")

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Hi Pål Bergström

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 If you mean directory inside a rails application, for example 

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public/images, then it can be accessed through the application only

Sijo

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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stop-outside-access-to-directory/177889/3 "2009-10-26T12:05:32Z")

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Sijo k g wrote:

> Hi Pål Bergström
> 
> ```
> If you mean directory inside a rails application, for example 
> 
> ```
> 
> public/images, then it can be accessed through the application only
> 
> Sijo

Great. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stop-outside-access-to-directory/177889/4 "2009-10-26T12:18:54Z")

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On Oct 26, 10:16 am, Pål Bergström [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> How could I stop access to a directory from the outside, for example a  
> dir with images, and only allow it via the Rails app?

If you don’t want your webserver to just serve up the file then don’t  
put the file inside your document root (ie don’t put it in your app’s  
public folder).

Fred