[ILUG] Cgi Scripts Don't Work

[Colm MacCárthaigh]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 02:17:15PM -0700, SoloCDM wrote:
> With Apache 1.3.22 on Linux with kernel 2.2.19 is the cgi
> scripts suppose to work at installation time in the cgi-bin
> (/var/www/cgi-bin)?  

depends on the intallation and configuration :)

> I went through the settings for ExecCGI,
> AddHandler, and Directory.  Everything is activated and pointing
> to the directory for the cgi-bin, except for "Options -Indexes
> FollowSymLinks MultiViews."  What is missing?

you need to have ExecCGI in as an option, if you don't
already you have to make sure that apache knows that
the cgi-bin directory contains scripts, either by
ScriptAlias'ing it (the most common way), using ForceMimeType
inside a LocationMatch or adding a handler (use AddHandler)
for an extension you'd like to recognise.

This should just work:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin/"
<Directory /var/www/cgi-bin/>
	Options ExecCGI
</Directory>


make sure you place that _after_ any Directory context for
"/"

> I noticed test-cgi in the cgi-bin.  If it can be used for testing
> Apache's cgi-bin, how would I make the test?

not sure what test-cgi is, if it's a standard cgi, and locations
are standard use http://yourhost/cgi-bin/test-cgi , apache ships
with the "printenv" cgi as standard, it's good. Try

	http://yourhost/cgi-bin/printenv


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