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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Rob Hartill <ha...@ooo.lanl.gov> on 1995/10/24 16:53:21 UTC

Re: WWW Form Bug Report: "Server side include causes MIME type of

> >Symptoms:
> >--
> >Apache compiled with x/g-bithack.  If you set the owner execute bit on a
> file (such as a .pdf file) that has it's own mime type, Apache will return
> the file as MIME type of text/html instead of application/pdf.  If I remove
> the execute bit then it has a Content-Type of application/pdf.
> >--
> >

http://hyperreal.com/httpd/patches/for_Apache_0.8.14/03_XBITHACK_restrict.0.8.14.patch

Been there, tried that. The idea was rejected. I'll support it if it makes
a comeback.