RE: template security preferences?????

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21132
interpreted = N
texte = I'm still confused. Default file extensions are in the preferences. I've tried it with any extensions checked and the same happened.The link generated through webmerchant will be for a zipped file. I've even put the .zip extension in with no better results . . .The database has a .db extension.Everything works flawlessly until the item is clicked. A WebMerchant issue perhaps???That seems OK as well though . . . >Error: template security preferences do not allow remote access to files >with that extension>You have a suffix mapping (in your web server preferences) for WebCatalog >to handle that file extension, but WebCatalog's preferences do not include >that extension in the list of allowed viewable suffixes.>For instance, a hacker might try to download your raw databases if you had >a suffix mapping of .db -> WebCatalog. But if .db is not in >WebCatalog's prefs as being allowed to be displayed, then WebCatalog would >correctly prevent such an attempt. .db is in WebCatalog's *database* >suffix preferences, because it indeed should be allowed to be used as a >database internally (but not viewed as a template, as you are trying to do). Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: template security preferences????? (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  2. RE: template security preferences????? (Richard 1998)
  3. Re: template security preferences????? (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  4. Re: template security preferences????? (Kenneth Grome 1998)
I'm still confused. Default file extensions are in the preferences. I've tried it with any extensions checked and the same happened.The link generated through webmerchant will be for a zipped file. I've even put the .zip extension in with no better results . . .The database has a .db extension.Everything works flawlessly until the item is clicked. A WebMerchant issue perhaps???That seems OK as well though . . . >Error: template security preferences do not allow remote access to files >with that extension>You have a suffix mapping (in your web server preferences) for WebCatalog >to handle that file extension, but WebCatalog's preferences do not include >that extension in the list of allowed viewable suffixes.>For instance, a hacker might try to download your raw databases if you had >a suffix mapping of .db -> WebCatalog. But if .db is not in >WebCatalog's prefs as being allowed to be displayed, then WebCatalog would >correctly prevent such an attempt. .db is in WebCatalog's *database* >suffix preferences, because it indeed should be allowed to be used as a >database internally (but not viewed as a template, as you are trying to do). Richard

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