AuthorizedUsers.txt in addEntitlement()

[maaa28]

Greetings;

I like to find out how to protect the AuthorizedUsers.txt file on my web site to preclude hackers from being able to read this file?

I have tried to encrypted but then the plug in did not work on eSignal platform.

addEntitlement("http://hot-picks-dolittle-trading.com/AuthorizedUsers.txt",
"Sorry. Not authorized.","http://hot-picks-dolittle-trading.com");


Thank you in anticipation

Muhand

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Muhand,

At present, there isn't an encryption method for protecting the contents of that file that the addEntitlement() function would be able to decode. As an alternative idea, you could create a private file share group on our file share and reference your file from that url.

[maaa28]

Thank you

Greetings;

Hi Jason;

I appreciate your quick replay. I would greatfully appreciate it, if you can show me by example. Thank you very much.

Muhanad

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Muhanad,

First, log in to the file share and the link I provided using your forum username and password.

Then click on "Start a Group" button near the top right side of the page.



Fill out the form with your desired information and then set the following properties for the group to the "Restricted" options.



Once your group is created, go into the group (if you're not already in it) and upload your .txt file using the "Upload" button.



After the file has been uploaded, right-click on the link to the file and select the "Copy Shortcut" option. Paste this url into your addEntitlement() function to replace the current url that is pointing to the .txt file on your server. The rest of your code can remain as it is.

[ketoma21]

Hello JasonK

I did exactly what you said in the post below and I could not get it to work. I get the message “Sorry. Not authorized.” Is there a way I can debug what I'm doing wrong.

the file is there in my share drive, the name of the file is the same in both EFS (preMain) and share drive and the desired login ID is in the EFS file AuthorizedUsers.txt. There is nothing else in the file except the login ID.

what else is left?

addEntitlement("http://share.esignal.com/groupcontents.jsp?name=Hytham/AuthorizedUsers.txt", "Sorry. Not authorized.","http://share.esignal.com/groupcontents.jsp?name=Hytham");

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello ketoma21,

I think the URL to your file is incorrect. Log into your file share group, navigate to the location of the file, right-click on the file name and copy that shortcut. It should look similar to something like below. If the file is placed in a sub-folder within your group then there will be a folder name just after the "folder=" portion of the URL.

http://share.esignal.com//download.jsp?groupid=1048&folder=&file=AuthorizedU sers.txt

[ketoma21]

Hello JasonK

Thank you for the quick reply

I still get the same message “Sorry. Not authorized.”

Thank you

Ketoma21

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello ketoma21,

Let's try another option.

Within your file share group, scroll to the bottom of the page where the file resides and click on the "Show URLs" button.



Then copy and paste the URL that is displayed below the file name into your code.

[ketoma21]

Thank you so much JasonK

that fixed it

The URL that showed was different

Thank you again

Ketoma21

[eSignal_JasonK]

Excellent! You're most welcome.