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I am using the Apache server and trying to download .exe or .zip files
that have been uploaded to the server. Whenever I try to download the
files the web browser treats the .exe or .zip as a text file and not a
file to download.
Anyone know how to configure the server to handel file downloads?

Quote:> I am using the Apache server and trying to download .exe or .zip files
> that have been uploaded to the server. Whenever I try to download the
> files the web browser treats the .exe or .zip as a text file and not a
> file to download.

To add the extensions, edit mime.types (in the conf directory)
and add

   application/zip            zip
   application/octet-stream   exe

(actually, octet-stream will already be there, just add exe to the
end of the line).

Alternatively, use

  AddType application/zip  zip

in a .htaccess file.

Paul
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: I am using the Apache server and trying to download .exe or .zip files
: that have been uploaded to the server. Whenever I try to download the
: files the web browser treats the .exe or .zip as a text file and not a
: file to download.
: Anyone know how to configure the server to handel file downloads?

Hi Mark,

 you need to add a MIME type to your 'mime.types' configuration file, or
an AddType to the resource manager config file.

While I don't use Apache (and so can't give you specific details), I know
that the way to do this with NCSA (which, I  believe, it not that
different from Apache) is

     AddType application/octet-stream   exe zip

This will cause the server to 'handshake' with the browser and tell it
that any file with the filename extension is being sent as an
'octet-stream'.. basically a binary file. The browser should then
recognise that it will need to save this file, rather than display it!

Hope this helps,

Steff

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Quote:

>I am using the Apache server and trying to download .exe or .zip files
>that have been uploaded to the server. Whenever I try to download the
>files the web browser treats the .exe or .zip as a text file and not a
>file to download.
>Anyone know how to configure the server to handel file downloads?

On your browser (assuming it's Netscape)... Click on Options, then
General preferences, then click on Helpers tab, then locate the
application/x-zip-copressed file type... make sure that there is no
application launched when this filetype is encountered by the browser,
instead, it should have "Ask User" as the default action, or "Save".
Do the same on the .exe file type.. This should do the trick... :-)

Internet Surfer from Manila, Philippines

What Steff says is exactly correct...if you have the correct
permissions, you can add the:

AddType application/octet-stream .exe .zip

line to your srm.conf file, or if you don't have access to write to the
srm.conf file and you're allowed to have your own .htaccess file, create
a .htaccess file in the directory in which the files exist with the
line:

AddType application/octet-stream .exe .zip

and you'll be rockin' steady!

Patrick Hawley

ps- do you (Mark Radtke) have a relative named Lissa that used to live
in Champaign, IL?
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