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chosenOne Thabs
chosenOne Thabs

Reputation: 1640

Asp.Net : Is it save to upload and files in web config folder?

Is it good practice to store user's files(images,documents etc) in web config folder ? Is it gonna affect my website anyhow ? Because i do know that it is unacceptable to store dynamic/user's files in the BIN folder. So now i'm trying to establish a folder path to store my dynamic files. The other reason is that my service provider said i'm only allowed to store files in the folder where i store my website because i'm hosting my website on a their shared server.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 303

Answers (2)

to StackOverflow
to StackOverflow

Reputation: 124696

It's safer to store uploaded files either:

  • under the App_Data folder

  • or, outside the website's root folder.

This ensures users can't navigate to the uploaded files.

In your case, your service provider's restrictions mean you should store them under App_Data.

Upvotes: 1

DvS
DvS

Reputation: 1095

A 'web config folder' doesn't really exist. The web.config is a file that can exist at any level in your website directory structure.

To answer your question: simply create a folder anywhere under your website and store the files there. You can create different directories for each user if necessary. This should not adversely affect your website in any way. But... if you expect hundreds of thousands of files, you may need another solution.

Upvotes: 0

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