Re: BackPAN permissions block file downloads

Alright, this seems to be fixed. Thanks for letting us know: That error meant that it was still trying to execute it as CGI (though there were 2 permission failures that were preventing it). Now both the backpan and cpan mirrors on cpantesters do not even know what CGI is, so you can download

Re: BackPAN permissions block file downloads

Thank you Douglas, That change solved my primary concern, the .pl files can now be viewed and saved. Now, the server treating them as text on one hand is fine because they actually are text. (On a tangent, the convention of a web server automatically executing files it finds in web dirs is

Re: BackPAN permissions block file downloads

Doug, can you please take a look? David On Aug 6, 2016 5:07 AM, "Darren Duncan" wrote: > For context, please see this BackPAN user directory: > > http://backpan.cpantesters.org/authors/id/G/GL/GLEACH/ > > BackPAN has permissions problems such that if one tries to

BackPAN permissions block file downloads

For context, please see this BackPAN user directory: http://backpan.cpantesters.org/authors/id/G/GL/GLEACH/ BackPAN has permissions problems such that if one tries to download files named *.pl, such as the handful at the end of the above file listing, a 403 error results, eg "You don't have