maybe this will help i havent tested it out http://www.nilpo.com/2007/11/apache/force-files-to-download-instead-of-opening/
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Rommel Asibal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like the browser has been set to do things automatically although i > think you can force the issue by checking settings that will force browsers > to download the file (a friend did this before but dont know the details > sorry google maybe) > > > > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Ludwig Isaac Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> The following is a the summary of the problem: >> >> A colleague tries to use an IE browser to view the listings of a >> directory of 2 remote >> machines. The remote machines are running apache as its web server. The >> files are under the >> directory are of type .pdf.gz >> >> >> On one machine, when the user clicks the name of the file, the file is >> uncompressed and the >> pdf document is displayed on the browser. One the other machine, it >> prompts the user to save the >> file. Is this problem apache related? The colleague did some grep on some >> of the apache >> configuration file of both machines and it seems that they are similar >> (Should have probably diff >> them). >> >> If this problem is an apache problem, where does the problem reside? >> mime.conf? httpd.conf? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Regards, >> >> Ludwig Lim >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Be a better friend, newshound, and >> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. >> http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > > > -- > ... -- ...
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