Server Directory access from SWF

Hello.

I’m trying to create a swf movie that reads in a configuration file. I’ve read alot of posts that deal with reading a file, but no posts have addressed the problem that I have.

My swf movie resides in this directory /var/www/html/movies

and to keep things organized my configuration files reside in the following directory

/var/www/config

Is there away to read a directory that is ‘higher’ than the regular HTML directory. A co-worker says it can not, but I can’t think of a reason why a restriction would be made if the swf resides on the same server… am i wrong?

Can it be done?

Thanks

B-wizzle