From fe323f59af9debcca29c99362fb3a7b42de84a7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ed Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:05:32 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update readme --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 47b96374..8dce244b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ turn your phone or raspi into a portable file server with resumable uploads/down * [bugs](#bugs) * [general bugs](#general-bugs) * [not my bugs](#not-my-bugs) +* [FAQ](#FAQ) - "frequently" asked questions * [accounts and volumes](#accounts-and-volumes) - per-folder, per-user permissions * [the browser](#the-browser) - accessing a copyparty server using a web-browser * [tabs](#tabs) - the main tabs in the ui @@ -231,6 +232,17 @@ some improvement ideas * use `--hist` or the `hist` volflag (`-v [...]:c,hist=/tmp/foo`) to place the db inside the vm instead +# FAQ + +"frequently" asked questions + +* is it possible to block read-access to folders unless you know the exact URL for a particular file inside? + * no / not yet; current recommendation is to use nginx to provide the read-access, and only use copyparty for the other stuff (write-only or full read-access for other users) + +* can I make copyparty download a file to my server if I give it a URL? + * not officially, but there is a [terrible hack](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/mtag/wget.py) which makes it possible + + # accounts and volumes per-folder, per-user permissions @@ -724,8 +736,6 @@ quick summary of more eccentric web-browsers trying to view a directory index: | browser | will it blend | | ------- | ------------- | -| **safari** (14.0.3/macos) | is chrome with janky wasm, so playing opus can deadlock the javascript engine | -| **safari** (14.0.1/iOS) | same as macos, except it recovers from the deadlocks if you poke it a bit | | **links** (2.21/macports) | can browse, login, upload/mkdir/msg | | **lynx** (2.8.9/macports) | can browse, login, upload/mkdir/msg | | **w3m** (0.5.3/macports) | can browse, login, upload at 100kB/s, mkdir/msg |