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unexecutables!
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:17 am
by harrisonad
How can I enable the execution of windows executables on IIs 6.0
I already added the '.exe' mime type. but it still doesn't execute.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:19 pm
by timvw
explain us what you are trying to do... with a call to exec (or friends) you can execute a program on the server...
praise yourself happy that it's impossible for a website to launch an executable on your pc...
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:21 pm
by Chris Corbyn
I've seen websites with url's like:
http://www.somesite.com/scripts/program ... 12&size=16
I assume you can use CGI somehow for that sort of thing?
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:37 pm
by timvw
Well, it's only an URL...
For example: rename all .php files to .exe
Configure apache/php to parse .exe files (AddType application/x-httpd-php .exe)
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:10 pm
by harrisonad
What I mean is... I want to users to run installers, such as acrobat reader, from my site.
I have placed this installer inside this directory "installers/acrobat_inst.exe". And I placed a link that points to this file, but gives "the page cannot be found" error instead of downloading.
Any idea? Do I have to tweak some IIS security setting to do this?