[squid-users] SUMMARY: Wildcards for filenames

My original problem was:

>
> we want to prevent users from downloading ".exe"-files. One exception:
> Mcaffees virus definitions with name sdat4193.exe, sdat4194.exe may be
> accessed.
>
> If I deny all exe-files and allow
> - the file sdat4194.exe : this works fine for the "4194"-file
> - the file sdat*.exe : error for sdat4194.exe
> - the file sdat???.exe : error for sdat4194.exe
>
> I tried many other combinations of wildcards with no success.
> Error messages
> is:
>
> "Access control configuration prevents your request from
> being allowed at
> this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this is
> incorrect. "
>
>
> How can I allow all files "sdatNNNN.exe"?
>

Hegedus, Ervin [airween@amit.hu] won the price!!!

The syntax

        sdat[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\.exe

works fine.

It will work for sdatNNNN.exe and not sdatNNN.exe or
sdatNNNNN.exe.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / regards
Werner Rost
 
 
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Received on Thu Mar 28 2002 - 07:08:47 MST