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Accessing webpages

Apart from querying the database, users can also access all files in the directory specified as the homedirectory in the settings window as well as all of its subdirectories. This is commonly the place where the atomsnet application and webfiles reside. The reason for this is that the atomsnet application has to be able to respond to requests for webpages, in the very least index.html . Since no access is given to locations using the 'parent directory' (..) locator, other parts of the computer are inaccessible to clients.



2002-08-28