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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:25:12 -0500
From:      Scott Gregory <sgregory@crosslink.net>
To:        Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: shockwave flash and apache
Message-ID:  <367968A8.673ECFA2@crosslink.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812180635090.872-100000@corp.au.triax.com>

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It sounds like you don't have a mime type set up for a .swf file.  If
apache can't determine the file type I believe it sends it as text.  Check
the mime.types file located in the same directory as apache's config
files.

Scott

Jim Mock wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> One of my hosting customers has a site that uses shockwave
> extensively, and he's having some problems getting it to work
> correctly.  Any time he tries, it "spits out a bunch of text" (in his
> words) instead of loading it in flash.  Basically it's trying to read
> the file instead of running it.  The permissions on the file are
> currently -rw-r--r-- and I tried as -rwxr-xr-x as well with the same
> results.  It worked fine when his site was hosted at Pair Networks.
>
> The box is running apache 1.2.5 with FrontPage extensions (installed
> manually before the apache-fp port existed).. I dunno if it's apache
> causing the problem or what.  I also know that it's not a corrupt file
> because he emailed me the file and was able to play the attachment he
> sent without incident.  It's a normal shockwave flash .swf file that
> he's trying to get working.  Is there anything I need to add to
> apache's conf files to get this working?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
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