Forbidden (403) on http share

[chadlawson]

I have a Perl script I am trying to push on login using Casper through an http distribution point for a client. The first challenge was that the link had broken which I resolved through article 116 of the kbase.

Now I'm getting a 403 forbidden instead. I tried to RTFM a fix to no avail. Robert H here in my office hadn't seen it either and hasn't found a fix.

The whole path has read permission for everyone and is using POSIX permissions only on a Mac 10.8.2 server with Casper 8.62.

Has anyone else had permissions issues using a non-SSL http distribution point like this?

Thanks in advance,

Chad Lawson

[chadlawson]

Okay. Solved it.

The problem was that the web server was attempting to execute the Perl. I was able to download packages and a test bash script without a problem. Since I had a shebang (interpreter) line at the top, I just renamed the script to end in ".sh" and all is well.