Image path with WebRootPath doesn't work. IHostingEnvironment

Question

Hi I woudl like to ask why IHostingEnvironment address doesn't work with images.

 private readonly IHostingEnvironment env;

it is working if i am going to delete,move or anyother operation. i use this code

 Directory.CreateDirectory(env.WebRootPath + "\\ClientFolder\\" + clientNameWithNoSpace);

BUT if i use the file name for image source, i can't see the images.

Works: if @Model.ClientImageName =

"\\ClientFolder\\Paul\\ClientM.png"

Deosn't work if it is: "C:\\Users\\sari_\\source\\repos\\MnMClientEF\\MnMClientEF\\wwwroot\\ClientFolder\\Paul\\ClientM.png"

Answer 1

If you are doing this from teh Webserver, maybe security is getting in the way?

As Webservers usually run 24/7 and reachable from the internet, they are prime targets of hacking. So limiting their rights has become a integral part of security.

They usually each run under a seperate user. This user is given:

• Read rights in the Programm Folder
• Read rights in the Content Folder
• maybe write rights in a folder below content, for stuff like temporary files. But maybe you could just solve this with a HTTP handler instead?

If you do not do that, you end up with a hacker overwriting some code that redirects users comming from google to a pornographic page (real life example).

As the relative path works but the absolute does not, this might be the cause.