Hosting problem, server is setup to prevent directory listing Options

[aod1174]

Yes I have a control Panel. In fact I serched it for about 3 hours looking for anything I might have missed. I came across one of the sub, sub, sub options.. How nice of it to be so well displayed..lol

Ok heres my situation now. I got the directory tree to show just how I want it to, but for some reason when I click on the link, it doesn't download (Like it should).. So this is now my next problem to deal with.. Any suggestions here? heres the URL for some of the files, the files are in link form, again how they should be, but thier not really links (or so it seems).. You will see what I mean...

http://www.ricksfiles.com/CS/cstrike/

[Darin McGrew]

Maybe your host has blocked WAD files.

[pandy]

In that case they block .htaccess files too. Seems like an odd thing to do on a Windows server.
http://www.ricksfiles.com/CS/

[pandy]

Hey, put a couple of files of known file types in there and see what happens. Throw in a faked file type too. Rename a text file something.pandy for instance.

[aod1174]

Hey, put a couple of files of known file types in there and see what happens. Throw in a faked file type too. Rename a text file something.pandy for instance.

there is a known file type in there. in cstike/gfx/env there are bmp files.. the "pandy" file is now up as well...

these are the options I'm given for folders "Red Web Browse Write Set Root"

if that helps at all

[pandy]

No, that's a .pandy.txt file. I don't find any BMPs but I found some text files in s ub directory.

I was thinking the server maybe is configured to tell you the file can't be found for unknown file types. I don't know if that's common on Windows. A nix server wouldn't do that.

Anyway, if I'm right you need to tell the server the MIME type of those files. I have no idea about how to do that on IIS. Let's google some.

[pandy]

That was quickly done and it seems I guessed right. Lo and behold "IIS 6.0 does not serve unknown MIME types", http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326965 .
In the article there they talk about the server's main configuration, nothing that I can see about how a single user can do it.

Oh dear. Could you zip the files? That would take care of it. Next time, go with a nix host.

[Christian J]

Here's a BMP if someone's interested!

http://www.ricksfiles.com/CS/cstrike/gfx/e...esert256_bk.bmp

[pandy]

Not really.

[aod1174]

That was quickly done and it seems I guessed right. Lo and behold "IIS 6.0 does not serve unknown MIME types", http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326965 .
In the article there they talk about the server's main configuration, nothing that I can see about how a single user can do it.

Oh dear. Could you zip the files? That would take care of it. Next time, go with a nix host.

Well I could zip the files, but the problem with that is they files need to be in their original format.. See how it works is this.. I have 2 servers, the server in question and a gaming server. The client connects to the gaming server to play. If the client does not have the map, or any of the files the map uses, they start to download it from the gaming server. Seeing as it's a gaming server, the download takes forever. By adding a CVAR I can redirct the client to the server in question where they can download the needed files in seconds... The clients computer will not download a zip file and then extract it, so the files have to be in their oringial state...

So basicly what your saying is theres nothing I can do? Theres no way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?

[Peter1968]

Easy answer: switch to a Unix based server that doesn't care what a WAD file is and delivers it as intended. or where you can set up a .htaccess with

CODE

AddType application/x-doom wad     

Hard answer: somehow convince your host to associate WAD's in IIS's /etc/magic or /etc/mime.types file or however it's done, as MIME type application/x-doom which is how they've been registered.

Good luck.

This post has been edited by Peter1968: Mar 13 2007, 11:33 PM

[aod1174]

Easy answer: switch to a Unix based server that doesn't care what a WAD file is and delivers it as intended. or where you can set up a .htaccess with

CODE

AddType application/x-doom wad     

Hard answer: somehow convince your host to associate WAD's in IIS's /etc/magic or /etc/mime.types file or however it's done, as MIME type application/x-doom which is how they've been registered.

Good luck.

Would it just be easier if I told them to switch my server over to a Linux server? That seems like it would be easier then trying to convince them of anything...

[pandy]

Start wih informing them about that .htaccess isn't a configuration file on IIS. That should be useful for them.

See if you can find anything like HTTP Headers, File Types, MIME or Content-types in your CP. Does that host of yours have a FAQ?

[aod1174]

Start wih informing them about that .htaccess isn't a configuration file on IIS. That should be useful for them.

See if you can find anything like HTTP Headers, File Types, MIME or Content-types in your CP. Does that host of yours have a FAQ?

This is all they really have on the FAQ that relates to my problem

"Can I configure MIME types on my Linux Hosting Account?

You can configure MIME types on your Linux hosting account using a .htaccess file. When you configure MIME types in your .htaccess file, you associate file types with a specific application or action.

For example:
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash swf

AddType specified you are adding a new mime type (file type).

application/x-shockwave-flash is the actual mime parameter specs.

swf is the extension of the file type."


It seems I have to switch it to a linux server

[pandy]

Yeah, ot make your host realize you are on an IIS server and either tell you how to do it or do it for you.

Is your host a reseller by any chance? I looked at your name servers and they belong to a company that seems to mainly sell reseller plans. Or maybe you've bought a reseller plan from them.

[aod1174]

Yeah, ot make your host realize you are on an IIS server and either tell you how to do it or do it for you.

Is your host a reseller by any chance? I looked at your name servers and they belong to a company that seems to mainly sell reseller plans. Or maybe you've bought a reseller plan from them.

no clue if their a reseller... I'll make the call now...

[pandy]

Nothing wrong with that in case they are. Just wondering because of the answer they gave you before.