.htaccess AddType errors

[Anon]

I want to add a .htacess file to my directory to add a new PHP server parsed file extension...

AddType application/x-httpd-php .ghost

or even

Options -Indexes

When I do, I get a 500 error. If I add anything to the file, it gives me a 500 error. I have been using .htaccess files for years without any trouble, but this is a new host. It is Unix and Apache. I can use the .htaccess file to protect a directory fine, but that is all. I have to use AuthPAM_Enabled off

Does anyone know what is happening - why I can't add a new server parsed extension?

Thanks .... Ron

[van__]

Hmmm...
Never used .htaccess that way.
Never thought it should be used that way.

Try putting all that into say, httpd.conf or defualts.conf
or even their vhosts entry.

[Anon]

Thanks for the reply. It is a Cobalt raq4 server. I don't have access to the httpd.conf file. I run Apache at home for development, but I have never encountered a problem like this. I guess I will have to convince them to add it to theirs.

The .ghost extension is part of our product branding.

Tnx. Ron