Forbidden when downloading a file

You're really close it seems but I can't run the file. Okay, never mind. Guess I wasn't awake enough.. Noosrep The cmd option appears in Chrome for Windows only.

Are you using Windows? Is your issue solved now? Yeah, it's solved but I can't award the bounty just yet — Noosrep. When using a private window, I get the direct download so it's not a matter of cookies then? Either way, I wouldn't know how to use the command from that answer — Noosrep. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name.

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Podcast Who is building clouds for the independent developer? Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. With SmartScreen off, you are on your own about which files to download in Edge, but I would urge you to go back and toggle SmartScreen on when you have finished downloading your file. And, of course, only turn it off to download files you know to be safe.

In Windows Defender, you can also change Edge's SmartScreen to merely warn you when you are about to download a file it deems suspicious instead of it outright blocking it. You'll be able to click through the warning and override SmartScreen's concerns and download the file. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. A Sample Download Link. I now receive d Forbidden nginx as the message. I put past tense, because I saw this SO article.

I implemented the solution and the error changed. I now get:. Permissions are file, same as every other file on the web server. Linux is on the back-end and presumably uses Apache. I talked with the web hosting company and they were not helpful. Making the file name lower case for cosmetic reasons made me hiss and deleting the.

Neither explains the problem or the solution. NGINX is obviously part of the picture. That is simply part of the web host package, much like a radio when you lease a car. Someone else added the executable permission, which I want to delete, as the file should be downloadable only, not executable on the server.

The web host support technician a few weeks should not have done that. I just left it for now. Checking the box: 'Serve static files directly by nginx' and placed a check in the box, but now I do not see this option there. Everything else is standard issue I reserve using the word default, as the index file box has a laundry list and not default checked. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

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