[aclug-L] Re: setting up Apache for CGI

[Jesse Kaufman <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i just got done setting up some cgi stuff on my box and at work...  send
me a copy of your conf files and i'll take a look at them...

gLaNDix

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On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, John Reinke wrote:

> Yeah, I seem to remember running into something like that, and I think
> uncommenting the AddHandler item for CGI changed it - even thought I
> wouldn't think they would be related.
> 
> I'm still trying to get CGIs to work, BTW, so if anyone would like to look
> at my config files, I wouldn't mind sending them. It definitely isn't the
> CGI syntax - they work on other sites and on the command line. The odd
> thing is that I think I had apache working correctly on a previous
> installation, and I've copied all the settings from that.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> >Hmm. This thread caught my eye.  I am working with some cgi but I seem to be
> >having a different problem all together.  I don't get the  internal error, 
> >but
> >it tells me "Forbidden
> >You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/munky.cgi on this server."
> >munky.cgi being the perl script.  I have changed all of the permissions on 
> >the
> >file, checked the directory permisions and still no dice. anyone out there 
> >got
> >any ideas? it is an apache server< i dont know what version
> >
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 25 Aug 2000,  Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >> You probably need a ScriptAlias command in you httpd.conf
> >> file. Something on the order of:
> >>
> >> ScriptAlias /~foobar/cgi-bin/ /home/foobar/.public_html/cgi-bin/
> >>
> >> In addition, you could be getting messed up by the suexec module if
> >> you have the compiled in and do not have it configured correctly. Or
> >> perhaps if you have some permission problems that suexec doesn't like.
> 
> 
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