Closed Bug 335711 Opened 18 years ago Closed 18 years ago

Cannot open window explorer in firefox using UNC "file://///Servername/filepath" When open the web page in Novell Apache Server

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
File Handling
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 122022

People

(Reporter: jluo, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1

when I click a hyperlink in a local web page, I want to fire up windows explorer to view a list of directories in the server. Our website is hosted in Novell Apache Server. 
I can use UNC "File:///Servername/filepath" to do it (to open a list of directories) in Internet Explorer.(The link looks like "File:////Myserver/Myvolume/Myfolder/myfile.txt") But I cannot open such hyperlink in firefox. 

However, such link does work when I fire up the web page in a local PC, but it doesn't work when I open it up in apache server. P.S. Out Apache server is functioning well.
do you any advice regarding this problem?  

The following the the codes of the hyperlink (works in IE but not in Firefox)


  <a href="file://///myserver/myvolumn" >  Open Directory </a>
	


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open the link: "http://IPaddress/test.page" in firefox
2. click the link named "open directory")
3.

Actual Results:  
nothing comes up

Expected Results:  
open a list of file directories of the server
Pages served via http aren't allowed to link to local files. Do you see any messages in the JavaScript console when you click the link?
The following is the error message found in JavaScript Console of Firefox

Security Error: Content at http://192.168.42.129:58008/search/docTemp.php?P=1548 may not load or link to file://///E_vil/ftp/ARCHIVED_PROJECTS/DESIGNREPORT/1548/20060421104903.pdf.

So how to fix this security error. Thanks
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don%27t_work#Firefox_1.5.2C_SeaMonkey_1.0_and_newer .

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 122022 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Our Firefox Version is 1.5.0.1

How to edit the user.js file to disable the security check?

Thanks.
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