Secure way to store files in web server?

Question

I want my files to be secure in my web server. Only authenticated users to access those files should be able to access those files. I thought of storing files in database as

Answer 1

If the files are purely static you could use read-only or WORM media to store the data files or indeed run the complete web server from a "LiveCD". It's certainly not suited to everyone's needs but for limited cases where the integrity of the data is paramount it works.