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[Rochester]

I'm looking for a way to restrict access to images when they are referenced by their URL. The albums are all private and need a login to access however the individual images can be viewed in a browser when you type the images exact URL.

I've searched for a few hours but maybe I need a better keyword.

I've installed an instance Coppermine in my https directory but still had the same issue.

Would changing the default chmod for uploads do this?

I realize this would prevent the use of E-cards to unregistered users.

Great Product and equally helpful board.

Jim

[Joachim Müller]

You can set up some hotlink protection to avoid individual pics peing hotlinked by others (using .htaccess), but there's no mechanism built into Coppermine that could keep people from accessing files by entereing the URL in the browser's address bar. The whole coppermine concept in this aspect is based on not letting people know/guess the url of pics.
There has been a discussion (and maybe there's a mod as well) about storing the pics outside of the webroot and retrieving them by browser session (i.e. temporarily creating a "mirror" of a file when accessed through coppermine). However, this is a resources-consuming process that could only work for sites with low traffic.