I just tried the 1st link and it works fine, I tried the second link and I get a 404 not found.
The distrowatch link in the reply above works as it should, there is no 403 forbidden on that page for me. Cheers. Michael. On 09/08/2019, Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Rick wrote: >> when I tried to download Debian 10.0.0 via Distrowatch I was surprised to >> be >> asked for my admin password at the end of the download plus there was >> another window requesting something else. >> [...] >> The original download link from Distrowatch was: >> (1)https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-gnome.iso >> [cdimage.debian.org] >> This redirected to the following Swedish site: >> (2)https://caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso/ >> [caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se] > > I tested > > wget > https://caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso > > which asked for no passwords and popped no windows. > So it has to be assumed that your download procedure is to blame. > > What operating system did you use for downloading ? > What download tool (web browser) ? > > How did you get around the 403 "Forbidden" error when trying to view > https://distrowatch.com/ > by a web browser ? > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > >
