[SOLVED] problem executing cgi bash script in apache

mia_tech · 04-22-2014, 03:11 AM

I have the following file

Code:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Content-type: text/html"
echo ""
echo "<html>"
echo "<head><title>hello</title></head>"
echo "<body>"
echo "hello world"
echo "</body>"
echo "</html>"

I have tried to execute from the browser, but all it does it downloading the file. I placed the file in the /usr/lib/cgi-bin directory. I tried executing the file with cgi, and sh extensions with the same result. And I have execute permissions to the file. I'm assuming it might be bad configuration of apache.
any help appreciated

eklavya · 04-22-2014, 04:41 AM

If you are using apache2, are these the content there in your file /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Code:

	ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
	<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
		AllowOverride None
		Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Directory>

Restart apache2 after putting it there.

If you are using CentOS, have you checked following code in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Code:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin/"
#"/var/www/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased CGI directory exists,if you have that configured.
<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Restart httpd after enabling this code.

Have you executing it in following way?
http://localhost/cgi-bin/filename
or
http://server-IP/cgi-bin/filename

Your code is working fine on my apache.

bathory · 04-22-2014, 04:20 PM

Quote:

I have tried to execute from the browser, but all it does it downloading the file. I placed the file in the /usr/lib/cgi-bin directory. I tried executing the file with cgi, and sh extensions with the same result.

From the location of the cgi-bin directory I guess you're running apache on debian or debian based distro.
If that's the case, in addition of what eklavya said above, you need to enable also the cgi module:

Code:

sudo a2enmod cgi