index and search non-web-accessible directory files

[wabaha]

Hi,

I have some pdf files. I want to put them in a non-web-accessible directory so that general users cannot access it. Can the zoom search engine be used to index such files?

[Ray]

There are several options you can consider:

1.) Index the files using Offline Mode. This means you index a local copy of the website on your hard disk (where the PDF files are always accessible).

2.) If you are using spider mode - you need to be more specific with what you mean by a "non-web-accessible directory". Is this a directory protected with HTTP authentication? Or is it simply a secret folder location that is not linked from the rest of the website - and the link is only available to privileged users?

For the former, you can allow Zoom to index the folder by entering the username/password in the Configuration window, under the "Authentication" tab.

For the latter, you can add the folder location as an additional start point for indexing (by clicking on "More" in the Spider Mode tab). If the directory provides a listing of links to the files, simply adding the folder will do. If it does not, you can add or import each individual filename and location as an additional start point to index.

See the Users Guide on Authentication and Additional Start Points for more information:
http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/usersguide.html