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8 years 1 month ago #132347
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dot files are prohibited in the server was created by yuvalhadas
I'm trying to install limesurvey on my yahoo webserver. Unfortunately, file names cannot begin with a period (such as .htaccess). As a result, all such files were not uploaded via ftp. Is there a workaround?
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8 years 1 month ago #132365
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Replied by holch on topic dot files are prohibited in the server
Any webserver should allow files that start with a dot. They are vital parts of many web applications (especially the .htaccess files) and if they really don't allow those files you will have to change your host, because many web applications will not work properly with this restriction.
I don't know the offer of "yahoo webserver", but I guess it is probably a very basic webspace and if they don't allow .htaccess files they most probably also don't provide PHP and MySQL support, which is also required to run Limesurvey.
I don't know the offer of "yahoo webserver", but I guess it is probably a very basic webspace and if they don't allow .htaccess files they most probably also don't provide PHP and MySQL support, which is also required to run Limesurvey.
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8 years 1 month ago - 8 years 1 month ago #132366
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Replied by holch on topic dot files are prohibited in the server
Any webserver should allow files that start with a dot. They are vital part of many web applications (especially the .htaccess files) and if they really don't allow those files you will have to change your host, because many dynamic web applications based on PHP will not work properly with this restriction.
I don't know the offer of "yahoo webserver", but I guess it is probably a very basic webspace and if they don't allow .htaccess files they most probably also don't provide PHP and MySQL support, which is also required to run Limesurvey.
I don't know the offer of "yahoo webserver", but I guess it is probably a very basic webspace and if they don't allow .htaccess files they most probably also don't provide PHP and MySQL support, which is also required to run Limesurvey.
I answer at the LimeSurvey forum in my spare time, I'm not a LimeSurvey GmbH employee.
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Last edit: 8 years 1 month ago by holch.
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8 years 1 month ago #132386
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Replied by tpartner on topic dot files are prohibited in the server
Try uploading it as htaccess.txt and then renaming it.
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