126935 - Access to files with file:// does not work from secure pages

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 84128

(Core :: Networking: File, defect)

Description

[Andreas Huppert]

I set up an Intranet homepage on my PC. I have the following links on my HTML page:
- To a text file on a network server using
file://///server/directory/directory/file.txt. 
- To a directory on my PC using file://///pc-name/directory
Both links can be accessed properly when I load the page from my local disc.

Then I check in the page to the intranet server. Access is then through https:
But then both links above do not work any more, with no error message.

Comment 1

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

This is done on purpose.  There is a security violation if we allow websites to
access local files.  Yes we need an error message for this.  We're working on it
in bug 84128

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 84128 ***

Comment 2

[Mike Kowalski]

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