wget error

nirmit · 07-23-2008, 01:53 AM

hi,

i want to use wget to download backup files from remote server.

i am using wget as follows:-

wget <url>/backup.tar.gz

i have put backup in /usr/local/apache/htdocs

is it ok????

while i fire this command it is giving me an error like:-

[root@wbcdb ~]# wget http://<url>/newfiles.tar.gz
--12:18:12-- http://<url>/newfiles.tar.gz
=> `newfiles.tar.gz'
Connecting to <url>:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Webcat Access denied
12:18:12 ERROR 403: Webcat Access denied.

please help me to solve this error...

Mr. C. · 07-23-2008, 02:19 AM

The remote server isn't allowing access. Is it your server? If so, allow access.

smus · 07-23-2008, 03:05 AM

pls check the file owner of the backup files and the user who is runing the apache server, if they are different you cannot access the files. chmown user_name:group_name -R folder_name

regards

nirmit · 07-23-2008, 03:44 AM

ya, this is mt server and i have given access. as i have enterd its gateway ip in hosts.allow

bt can u tell how wget is been used with ftp: instead of http:

if this can be possible then my problem is solved

smus · 07-23-2008, 05:22 AM

you can directly call the same command as far as i remember : wget ftp://ftp.example.org/test.txt if it does not work pls try to search via google.

regards,