Require users to login to view attachments on private sites

Thank you jeff-themovie for this implementation!

README

@@ -710,11 +710,21 @@ private site, but users of the private site may be able to subscribe
 to users on a remote site. (Or not... it's not well tested.) The
 "proper behaviour" hasn't been defined here, so handle with care.
 
-If fancy URLs is enabled, access to file attachments can also be
+Access to file attachments can also be restricted to logged-in users only.
-restricted to logged-in users only. Uncomment the appropriate rewrite
+1. Add a directory outside the web root where your file uploads will be
-rule in .htaccess or your server's httpd.conf. (This most likely will
+   stored. Usually a command like this will work:
-not work if you are using a virtual server for attachments, so consider
+
-the performance/security tradeoff.)
+           mkdir /var/www/mublog-files
+
+2. Make the file uploads directory writeable by the web server. An
+   insecure way to do this is:
+
+           chmod a+x /var/www/mublog-files
+
+3. Tell StatusNet to use this directory for file uploads. Add a line
+   like this to your config.php:
+
+           $config['attachments']['dir'] = '/var/www/mublog-files';
 
 Upgrading
 =========

actions/getfile.php

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, StatusNet, Inc.
  *
- * Returns a given file attachment, allowing private sites to only allow
+ * Return a requested file
- * access to file attachments after login.
  *
  * PHP version 5
  *
- * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
@@ -20,27 +20,31 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
- * @category  Personal
+ * @category  PrivateAttachments
  * @package   StatusNet
  * @author    Jeffery To <jeffery.to@gmail.com>
- * @copyright 2008-2009 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @copyright 2009 StatusNet, Inc.
- * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPL 3.0
  * @link      http://status.net/
  */
 
-if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
 require_once 'MIME/Type.php';
 
 /**
- * Action for getting a file attachment
+ * An action for returning a requested file
  *
- * @category Personal
+ * The StatusNet system will do an implicit user check if the site is
+ * private before allowing this to continue
+ *
+ * @category  PrivateAttachments
  * @package   StatusNet
  * @author    Jeffery To <jeffery.to@gmail.com>
- * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @copyright 2009 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPL 3.0
  * @link      http://status.net/
  */
 
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ class GetfileAction extends Action
         $path = null;
 
         if ($filename) {
-            $path = common_config('attachments', 'dir') . $filename;
+            $path = File::path($filename);
         }
 
         if (empty($path) or !file_exists($path)) {
@@ -103,6 +107,10 @@ class GetfileAction extends Action
 
     function lastModified()
     {
+        if (common_config('site', 'use_x_sendfile')) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         return filemtime($this->path);
     }
 
@@ -114,8 +122,24 @@ class GetfileAction extends Action
      *
      * @return string etag http header
      */
+
     function etag()
     {
+        if (common_config('site', 'use_x_sendfile')) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $cache = common_memcache();
+        if($cache) {
+            $key = common_cache_key('attachments:etag:' . $this->path);
+            $etag = $cache->get($key);
+            if($etag === false) {
+                $etag = crc32(file_get_contents($this->path));
+                $cache->set($key,$etag);
+            }
+            return $etag;
+        }
+
         $stat = stat($this->path);
         return '"' . $stat['ino'] . '-' . $stat['size'] . '-' . $stat['mtime'] . '"';
     }
@@ -133,13 +157,19 @@ class GetfileAction extends Action
         // undo headers set by PHP sessions
         $sec = session_cache_expire() * 60;
         header('Expires: ' . date(DATE_RFC1123, time() + $sec));
-        header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=' . $sec);
+        header('Cache-Control: max-age=' . $sec);
-        header('Pragma: public');
 
         parent::handle($args);
 
         $path = $this->path;
+
         header('Content-Type: ' . MIME_Type::autoDetect($path));
+
+        if (common_config('site', 'use_x_sendfile')) {
+            header('X-Sendfile: ' . $path);
+        } else {
+            header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($path));
             readfile($path);
         }
+    }
 }

classes/File.php

@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ class File extends Memcached_DataObject
 
     static function url($filename)
     {
+        if(common_config('site','private')) {
+
+            return common_local_url('getfile',
+                                array('filename' => $filename));
+
+        } else {
             $path = common_config('attachments', 'path');
 
             if ($path[strlen($path)-1] != '/') {
@@ -202,6 +208,7 @@ class File extends Memcached_DataObject
 
             return 'http://'.$server.$path.$filename;
         }
+    }
 
     function getEnclosure(){
         $enclosure = (object) array();

config.php.sample

@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ $config['site']['path'] = 'statusnet';
 // Make the site invisible to  non-logged-in users
 // $config['site']['private'] = true;
 
+// If your web server supports X-Sendfile (Apache with mod_xsendfile,
+// lighttpd, nginx), you can enable X-Sendfile support for better
+// performance. Presently, only attachment serving when the site is
+// in private mode will use X-Sendfile.
+// $config['site']['X-Sendfile'] = false;
+// You may also need to enable X-Sendfile support for your web server and
+// allow it to access files outside of the web root. For Apache with
+// mod_xsendfile, you can add these to your .htaccess or server config:
+//
+//       XSendFile on
+//       XSendFileAllowAbove on
+//
+// See http://tn123.ath.cx/mod_xsendfile/ for mod_xsendfile.
+
 // If you want logging sent to a file instead of syslog
 // $config['site']['logfile'] = '/tmp/statusnet.log';
 
@@ -265,6 +279,7 @@ $config['sphinx']['port'] = 3312;
 // $config['attachments']['user_quota'] = 50000000;
 // $config['attachments']['monthly_quota'] = 15000000;
 // $config['attachments']['uploads'] = true;
-// $config['attachments']['path'] = "/file/";
+// $config['attachments']['path'] = "/file/"; //ignored if site is private
+// $config['attachments']['dir'] = INSTALLDIR . '/file/';
 
 // $config['oohembed']['endpoint'] = 'http://oohembed.com/oohembed/';

htaccess.sample

@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@
 
   RewriteBase /mublog/
 
-  # If your site is private and want to only allow logged-in users to
-  # be able to download file attachments, uncomment this rule.
-  #
-  # If you have a custom attachment path
-  # ($config['attachments']['path']), change "file/" to match.
-  #
-  #RewriteRule ^file/(.*) getfile/$1
-
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule (.*) index.php?p=$1 [L,QSA]

lib/default.php

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ $default =
               'dupelimit' => 60, # default for same person saying the same thing
               'textlimit' => 140,
               'indent' => true,
+              'use_x_sendfile' => false,
               ),
         'db' =>
         array('database' => 'YOU HAVE TO SET THIS IN config.php',