Apache OSX help

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  • ave

    I have apache set up and all seems well. However, some users cannot access pages that contain swfs, others can view them fine.

    It is not that the page loads and the swf is missing, it's that the server doesn't send a response to themat all. Yet the server access log shows that the request was a successful 200.

    Why would the server want some people to get pages with swfs and not others?

    Help ?

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  • dsmith70

    are you sure that the users in question have flash enabled or at least the version which you are using? If they aren't getting any pages on your server then I would check out your cache, vhost, and proxy settings. But most likely the problem is usually wiht the user and not the server (at elast thats always been my experience).

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    • ave0

      thanks daniel,

      I've been through httpd.conf and everything looks great.

      I just found an article saying that macs require an extra mime setting for flash, so I'm modifying the mime.types file.

      wish me luck!

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      • blue_alien0

        While the subject is up.....

        I've had a hard time setting up name-based virtual hosts on an Apache server with a dynamic IP. I've followed the examples in the apache config file but the domain requests always end up in the root folder of the apache server instead of the folders set aside for each virtual host. Shouldn't this type of virtual hosting still work with dynamically updating domain names like http://blah.no-ip.org ??

        and yes I have a vers. of apache that allows virtual hosting with a (*)wildcard IP.

        Plus....if anyone reads this =) suddenly my apache server still claims to be starting at boot, but won't serve pages and in the System prefs the web sharing is off and when I try to start it I get "starting up".......forever.......

        Any fix for this aside from a fresh install of X?? The terminal is a bit intimidating...he, he

        gotta love technology =)

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        • ave0

          hey alien,

          I've had the same problem with Apache pretending to start up. In all cases it has been some small error in httpd.conf (bad syntax, floating y's and v's left over from moving through pico) I'm guessing there is a time out on start up items, so it just silently fails.

          As for the Name based VirtualHosts, they seem to be fine over here all of them are *'s. I did run into problems when sharing a domain name between ServerName and VirtualHost ServerName.

          ..don't know if that helps.

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