[Techtalk] configuring Apache2 for pdf

[Helen]

I'll give that a shot later this evening when I get home from work

Helen

Cynthia Kiser wrote:

>Sounds like it might be a mime configuration issue. Ask the
>complainers if they can give you an example url that works the way
>they expect (to rule out browser strangeness) and then run "wget -S
>$URL" against both the "good" and your url. See if you get the same
>mime type set for both. If not, then poke around the Apache docs until
>you find out why files with the .pdf extension are not being given the
>correct mime type. 
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>Quoting Helen <hrosseau at rogers.com>:
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>>I recently have been receiving complaints from people accessing my web 
>>site that they cannot see pdf files in line with their browser.  They 
>>have to "save target as" and then open the file.  I've been searching 
>>the apache web site, for a configuration file example or reference to 
>>handle this, with no luck.
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>>   Any suggestions?  I am using SuSE9.0 with  the default apache2 
>>server.  Everything else seems to work.  I just had to rebuild my server 
>>again from a hard drive crash and I had the same problem previously.
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>>Helen
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