baconcall

Serves text files to users.
Flagship instance at videotoaster's website.

Features

• Blocks / and .. access
• Serves plaintext
• Compatible with any sensible webserver

Installation

• Copy baconcall.php to the root of your webserver.
• Ensure that PHP is installed on said webserver.
• Change the line $bacon_baconfiles = "/etc/bacon/"; to whatever directory you like.
• Ensure that PHP on your webserver has access to this folder, but that it's not in your webserver folder.
• Go to the folder and add index. Change it's contents to whatever you like.

NOTE: Technically, adding index isn't a required step.
See below for caveats.

Troubleshooting

Most of the time, BaconCall would work fine. However, it's not impossible for things to go wrong.
Here is a list of errors and what they mean.

BACON/400 (Bad Request)

This error indicates that there may not be an index file in the baconfile directory. Try adding an index file, or making sure that $bacon_indexfile is set properly.

BACON/403 (Forbidden)

Well, aren't you naughty? This usually occurs when you attempt to escape the baconfile directory.

BACON/404 (Not Found)

The page which you are requesting doesn't exist.

BACON/500 (Internal Error)

This means that the baconfile directory does not exist.

Config Options

baconcall.php has several configuration options you can set.

$bacon_indexfile

The filename that the script looks for if there is no requested BID.

$bacon_errors

A list of error messages to display when something goes wrong, in the form of [ 400, 500, 403, 404 ].

$bacon_baconfiles

The directory to serve baconfiles from.