Files

[MrNewbie]

IF theres a file on a web server chmoded to 777, is there anyway to read it? When I try to view the file, it tries to excecute so I can't see it. If its chmoded with world reading there has to be some way to read it right?

[scott_R]

Do you mean a shell script? If you, you can use the "less" command, or "cat" to see it.

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[MrNewbie]

Its on a webserver that i dont have telnet access to.

[Craig McPherson]

In your web browser, right-click on the link to the file and select "Save As..."

Server-side permissions have nothing to do with this. It's the configuration of your web browser.

[This message has been edited by Craig McPherson (edited 27 January 2001).]

[MrNewbie]

All that does is save in html what the program does when it excecutes.

[klamath]

It seems in this case it's more than just permissions. The server thinks the file has both executable priviledges and should be executed for every request - i.e. a CGI app.

I don't think you'll be able to download the actual file.

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[Craig McPherson]

If you're trying to download a CGI script -- no, you can't do that. Scripts in a server's CGI directories can't be downloaded, for security, only run. I assumed you meant to were just trying to download a file from the web server and your browser was trying to run it, but if you're talking CGI... no you can't. With CGI, the execution is done server-side, not client-side.

[This message has been edited by Craig McPherson (edited 27 January 2001).]