> -----Original Message----- > From: Albert E. Whale [mailto:aewhale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 3:59 PM > To: Users @ Httpd > Subject: Downloading an executable from Apache > > I'm not a newbie, but this time I feel like one. > > I have an executable on a web page (it's a Tight VNC server for PCs), > and when I attempt to select it, the web page directs me back to > 127.0.0.1 - here's the log entry: > > 71.162.15.5 - - [09/Dec/2006:09:30:26 -0500] "GET > /tightvnc-1.2.9-setup.exe HTTP/1.1" 302 303 Yep - 302 is a redirect. You must have a redirect or rewrite rule somewhere in your config (main or included file) or in a .htaccess file. BTW, if you want the client to save the file with no fuss, you'll need to specify an appropriate mime-type. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > <a href="http://www.DomainName.com/tightvnc-1.2.9-setup.exe" > target="_blank">TightVNC software</a>. > > Why does this not work? > > -- > Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP > Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - www.ABS-CompTech.com > SPAM Zapper - No-JunkMail.com - Spam-Zapper.com - SPAM Stops Here. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx