.wmv extention is treated as text

hi guys,
when I link a file to an .wmv or many other extention, instead apache pass download command , it will open file in text or somehow html mode and it won't download it.

any help?

edit 2008-01-01: I still don't have any solution to make sure that all undefined files are treated as file transfer instead of text

thanks

 

Is wmv listed in /etc/mime.types?

 

no , it is not in that file,
should I list all extension that must be
treated as html or text? or other way around?

my apache on windows did not did the same.

thanks for reply

 

Please add

Code:

video/x-ms-wmv                                  wmv

to /etc/mime.types and restart Apache.

 

thanks for the tip,
do you know how to add any unhandled extentions to that list?
instead of typing everything?

 

It's up to you (the server owner) to determine which mime types should be supported. Apache comes with a default set. If you want that changed, you might want to add a bugzilla request on the Apache developers list http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/.
A one-liner (so you don't have to use an editor) to add an extension is

Code:

echo "video/x-ms-wmv                                  wmv" >> /etc/mimes.types

 

I still can't make it work for unhandled stuff

 

You can add

DefaultType application/octet-stream

into your /etc/apache2/apache2.conf (on Debian).

Everything that is unknown will give a file download dialog in a browser.

 

Hi,
Thanks for the tip, but whats the file in fedora?

I added this to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

and it didn't work out.

Thanks again.

 

Search for existing DefaultType directive, it may be set to text/plain. Set it to application/octet-stream.