Hi Tracey,
1. One, you can password protect the page you download it from using Drupal page access strategies. That does nothing to the file and the URL created for the file upon upload will not be protected. So a privileged user could email the download URL to someone without privileges to access that page but still get the file anyway via the URL.
2. You can use Drupal's "private file system" which will protect the file URL as well. In Drupal 6 and earlier you have to decide on private files for your whole web site. Since people complain about the private files system (just google "private file system problems site:drupal.org" for more info), it would be a drag to use the private files system on the whole site unless that was a major focus of the site.
3. In Drupal 7, Drupal file handling is much improved. You can designate private files by content type. You don't have to have the files stored on the same server as the Drupal install, and a lot more. So if you can wait for Drupal 7, I'd say that is your best bet.
Best,
Shai
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Tracey Hummel thummel@email.arizona.eduwrote:
Is there a was to password project a file uploaded through Drupal?
Thanks, Tracey
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