Do the headers specify application/zip as the content type for the war? If so, IE renames it automatically to .zip instead of the original file name. For more info on possible workarounds, see [1].
Slide http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2012/08/28/custom-file-type-formats-renamed-to-zip-on-download-in-internet-explorer-when-application-octet-stream-is-used.aspx On Jan 24, 2014 10:10 AM, "JonathanRRogers" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, January 24, 2014 3:28:30 AM UTC-5, Alexander Köhler wrote: >> >> Hello Folks, >> >> I have a problem with my jenkins server. Its a recent build on ubuntu. >> Everything works except that if you want to download the *.war-package with >> any version of Interne Explorer, it will be treated as a zip file. the >> person who downloaded this has to rename the file manually to *.war. With >> other browsers like Chrome or Firefox does it work. There are some hints >> that the IE cannot deal with the octet-streat and needs a different >> definition of the mime-type, but I didnt find any hints on the internet >> where and how to change anything. Maybe some of you have an idea ? Help >> would be greatly appreciated. >> > > Which WAR file are you trying to download? Is the WAR in question served > by Jenkins itself? As you point out, this seems to be a bug (or issue at > least) in IE. There are probably ways to work around it, but wouldn't it be > a better use of time to simply switch to Firefox or Chrome? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
