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Title: Stop Apache from opening file
Post by: Starburst on December 18, 2024, 04:03:07 PM

Anyone know how to stop Apache from opening a text file that has no extension.

e.g. TIME, PublicKey, etc. - Basically anything without an extension.

Ref. https://mariadb.gb.ssimn.org/ (https://mariadb.gb.ssimn.org/)

Need those files to download, instead of open.

Title: Re: Stop Apache from opening file
Post by: leisegang on December 18, 2024, 06:22:10 PM

IF you make a simple HTML page with the following code it will be downloaded as a file:

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<a href="somepathto.pdf" download="filename">
If you have Apache add this to the .htaccess file:

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<FilesMatch "\.(?i:pdf)$">
    ForceType application/octet-stream
    Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>

Title: Re: Stop Apache from opening file
Post by: Starburst on December 18, 2024, 07:03:04 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, got it working with a .htaccess

Where I was trying was under <Directory> I was trying to figure out how to put it there.
Currently:

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AddType application/octet-stream .iso
AddType application/octet-stream .rpm

Tried adding:

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ForceType application/octet-stream TIME

But didn't work.

Title: Re: Stop Apache from opening file
Post by: overseer on December 18, 2024, 08:04:46 PM

I think you're on the right track, but maybe set it more broadly?

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DefaultType application/octet-stream
Or did you try the Content-Disposition header?

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<filesMatch "^([^.]+)$">
Header set Content-Disposition "attachment"
</filesMatch>