Hi I am having a problem downloading downloadable files from my server. Everytime I click on the url it gives me an error saying I don't have permission. Do any one know how to fix this.

It probably does not have the correct permissions. If you want people to be able to access it over the web, you should chmod it 644 with the command:

chmod 644 FILENAME

Hope this helps. :)

Nope, Still gives me the same error.

I've given it all the permissions in the world 777 and it still wouldn't.

What I'm trying to do is download a file like http://www.mydomain.com/filename.zip

Another guess: the directory the file is in???

(I mean permission wise)

The directory gives permissions to read.

It might seem obvious, but just troubleshooting... the files aren't in a password-protected folder, are they? Is there an .htaccess file in the directory? Posting the URL of the page with the problem might be helpful.

I got it to work. For some reason the file cant have the extention .exe if it does it gives me a "I don't have permission" message Do any one know how to change that? I can download the same file if I change the extention to .zip or something else.

Could it be an apache setting, regarding exe files? Or possibly, when someone requested it, it executed, instead of downloading, and there was a permission problem with it exxecuting (either it is not allowed to execute, or it is accessing something/creating a file it does not have rights to).

Just some guesses.