CGI-Perl using httpd

zak100 · 09-26-2013, 12:45 PM

Hi,
I tried to search :

Code:

whereis Apache

but it didn't show me anything. However, I have found httpd on my system which is http daemon (I got this information from web) and can be used in place of Apache for CGI scripting. However I don't find any details as to how I can run my cgi scripts using httpd. Can somebody guide me how I have to configure my httpd to run my CGI scripts?

Zulfi.

jmc1987 · 09-26-2013, 02:22 PM

Okay you just threw a question nobody can really answer. Its like saying go by me a tool to go fix my car with out knowing what tool to buy. You get me.

What is your distro?

You say httpd daemon, so I'm going to assume you might be using RHET based distro (such as CentOS). httpd is the init script developed by rhet which runs apache web server.

This link will help you configure apache to run cgi perl scripts. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/cgi.html How ever I do want you to know if you don't understand what httpd is then you need to do more reading before you just starting runing cgi scripts on your server. You need to understand the security risk involved. A misconfigured webserver can actually give a attacker root access to your server.

But I'll be glad to help. Please tell what Linux distro your using and I'll direct you to some good to read info. But the main thing is you need to read all apache documentation at http://httpd.apache.org and http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/De.../ch-httpd.html

zak100 · 09-27-2013, 12:14 AM

Hi,
I have Fedora 10. We cant update because PCs are old. I am not sure still that this httpd is same or different from Apache server?? I would read your document and do accordingly on Monday or as early as possible. Kindly guide me about the difference between httpd and apache b/c if its different i have to ask for apache server installation.

Zulfi.

chrism01 · 09-27-2013, 12:59 AM

There are many http daemons; Apache is just one (and the most common).
Its extremely likely that Apache is what you have.
Do

Code:

rpm -qa|grep -i httpd

and match the version num against the the Apache site https://httpd.apache.org/
Se also https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/Distro...CentOS.2C_RHEL

zak100 · 09-30-2013, 06:35 AM

Hi,
I have executed the above command and i have got the following output:

Code:

[guest@HP-UX608YY ~]$ rpm -qa|grep -i httpd
httpd-manual-2.2.10-2.i386
httpd-tools-2.2.10-2.i386
system-config-httpd-1.4.4-2.fc10.noarch
httpd-2.2.10-2.i386
[guest@HP-UX608YY ~]$

Kindly guide me about this output. Does it tell me about apache server presence??
I saw Apache 2.2
Zulfi.
Zulfi.

chrism01 · 09-30-2013, 08:27 PM

Yes, that's what it means; you've got Apache 2.2.
Probably because its by far the most common (& oldest/original) httpd server, its often installed (at least on RH style systems) as 'httpd'.

BTW: you can update older HW with newer SW; its the reverse that can cause issues ie older SW might not have the drivers for old HW.
HTH