Re: Download files through web browser

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, HL wrote:
> 
> Other directories need execute permissions in order to access on apache via
> website.
> 
> When I input path like ftp://ftp.mydomain.com/download , I got same error
> like

The URL you are giving, ftp://ftp.mydomain.com/blah/blah ... assumes
that you are running an anonymous FTP server.  Forget Apache, apache user,
and all that.  I assume you have anonymous ftp setup correctly.  Anon. FTP 
runs chroot'ed and the path will be relative to the home directory of
the anon FTP user and will need to be readable by the anon FTP user.  So, 
make sure that anon ftp is running, that 'download' is in the home dir of
the anon ftp user (usually ftp), that download is readable by the anon ftp 
user, and, if it is a directory, that the execute bit is set on download 
for whatever permission group the anon ftp user is in (owner, group, or 
world).  Before testing the URL with a web browser, try a command line
FTP to the machine and login as anonymous; see if you can get to download.  
If you cannot, the URL will not work either; if you can, the URL should
work.

- rick warner