[thelist] Strange IIS behavior -- SOLVED

[Jeff Lucido]

Doh!!

Total error on my side. It seems the twentieth time I looked at the
website properties page for permissions I forgot to notice that I had it
set for "Scripts and Executables" hence the poor webserver was trying to
run my exe program. Sorry I bothered you with this request.

<tip type="brain drain">
We all stare at code way to long when we have problems. Get up, shake a
leg or two and throw some darts. Think about your problem and more than
likely an answer will come to you. Oh yeah, perform this routine prior
to hounding your list'mates for an answer ;)
</tip>

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Lucido
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:02 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] Strange IIS behavior


Evolters:

I have a strange problem occurring with one of our IIS servers.
Specifically, we are trying to "serve" an executable file from a path on
our webserver (i.e. http:///www.mysite.com/files/test.exe). We have done
this numerous times in the past. The strange part is I can place a zip
file, a cab file or a ini file and the browser always prompts me to
"save" the file. To make things weirder I renamed the .zip file with a
.exe extension and I was no longer able to download the file.  I have
looked at permissions galore, mime types and firewall behaviors (which
by the way is not an issue since I get the same results whether I am on
the same network or if I am browsing from an external network). This is
pretty strange and I am stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!
-JSLucido
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