Allow Unrestricted Access

Squiz Matrix Support
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Hi,


I would like to change the 'Allow Unrestricted Access' to No for some PDF's so that we can get a human readable URL. I understand the difference in Squid cache and it seems we will accept that Matrix will generate the file rather than Apache.



My question is, once I make the change on the details screen in development the file still resides in the /data/private/assets/pdf_file/xxxx/xxxx/ directory and is still accessible on the frontend with the previous URL of 

    http://dev.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/xxxx/xxxx/##.pdf
This environment does not use Squid



However with a testing pdf in Prod the file still resides on the file system as in Dev… however the URL of
    http://prod.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/xxxx/xxxx/##.pdf
does not work... (this environment uses Squid)

So is there a configuration difference between the two?

nb. both have this same line in httpd.conf:
    Alias "/__data"	"/opt/matrix/mysource_matrix/data/public"
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Remember that __data points to data/public, not data/private – files will always exist in data/private. Check to see who owns the file on your dev system in data/public. Again, a permissions error (i.e. if the Squiz Server moved the file, the Web Server may not be able to remove it) could be the cause of the file being left behind.

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Ah.. yes, within the private directory the file is owned by nobody!! Another symptom of the same permissions problem… thanks again Avi :slight_smile: