Patent ID: 7502856
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for redirecting file access through a web server, comprising: creating a symbolic link to a file existing on a file system, wherein the file is accessible by an internet-connected web server; modifying the symbolic link by including connection information and authentication information in the symbolic link to remotely access the file on the file system with a connection through the web server; placing the symbolic link on a system remote to the file system; accessing the symbolic link on the system remote to the file system, wherein the system remote to the file system utilizes a component which recognizes that the symbolic link contains a reference to the file accessible by the web server via an internet connection to the web server; opening on the system remote to the file system a connection to the web server and authenticating the connection to the web server, the connection utilizing the connection information and authentication information contained within the symbolic link; and accessing the file through the web server via the authenticated connection.