On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Artur Hefczyc wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to get my Linux based apache web server to serve some .DOC MS
> Word files. However I am having the following problems.
> >
> > 1. When I click on the link, the file starts downloading as (garbled) text
> into the netscape window.
> > 2. If I shift-select the link, I can download the file but then WORD
> cannot read it.
> >
> > I've checked the file in Apache's directory and it is fine - I can ftp or
> scp it and read it just fine, just not when I try to fetch it from a link on
> a webpage.
> >
> > I have the following link set up in my webpage:
> >
> > <A HREF="forms/fax_template.doc">FAX Coversheet</A> (Word)<BR>
> >
> > Anyone got any ideas - have a got Apache configured wrongly.
> You should set mime-type for such documents.
>
More specifically you m,ight want to look at /etc/mime.types and
see if you have:
application/msword doc
(or similar).
Benno
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