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YeppThat'sMe
Asked: 2013-10-24 13:48:09 +0800 CST

nginx deny directory and files to be downloaded

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gurus. I have a problem and i dont know how to solve it. I am working with Git and Compass/SASS on some projects. Now i want to protect those directories. When i go only to the folder its all fine – i get what i expected a 403 forbidden.

location ~ /\.git {
        deny all;
}

But when i try use the full path to the config file from git the browser start to download it. Same scenario with compass. There is a config.rb file within the folder which also starts to download it. How can i prevent this behaviour?

How can i deny downloading specific files?

nginx

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can deny specific file types using

    location ~* \.(git|rb|inc|ht)$ {
    deny all;
}
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