Apache installation Syntax error

[linuxi]

I wonder what is wrong after having completed what I thought was the installation of Apache using the stanton-finley installation notes I experienced the following

[root@h ~]# service httpd start
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 768 of /etc/httpd/co nf/httpd.conf:
AddType requires at least two arguments, a mime type foll owed by one or more file extensions
[ FAILED]
[root@h~]# gedit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

I checked the stanton-finley installation notes many times and the line is exactly as I wrote it in line 768:

Under the "AddType application/x-compress .Z" and "AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz" lines add the line: "AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phps .php3 .phtml .html .htm .shtml .fds".



the following is copied from my own gedit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. The last line is the one that is supposed to contain an error. I would be very grateful for an explanation of this.


AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

#
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
# file mime.types for specific file types.
#
#AddType application/x-tar .tgz

#
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
# Despite the name similarity, the following Add* directives have nothing
# to do with the FancyIndexing customization directives above.
#
#AddEncoding x-compress .Z
#AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz

# If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
# probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
#
AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
AddType application/x-httpd-php.php.phps.php3.phtml.html.htm.shtml.fds

#

[sxeraverx]

It appears that your line has no spaces, which would cause apache to complain, because to it, it only looks like one argument. Try adding a space before each period. Hope that helps.