getting apache to show pages
 

sorry if this seems stupid bit i have installed apache on my machine as i want to test cgi scripts etc that i write. When i point the browser to my machine i get the apache test page which means its running ok. It says that i shuld replace this page. Where is it to replace? What im asking is where do i save my work to in prder for the server to show it? many thanks.

Depending on which linux system you're running, the directory where you should place your cgi files should be in /var/www/

you should also make sure your httpd.conf file has the appropriate seetings for apache to serve cgi script

cheers

As in the cgi-bin? Apparantly i dont have write access there?

you'll need to run as root and have something similar to the following in your httpd.conf section 2:

<Directory "/var/www/your_directory_of_cgi_stuff">
Options ExecCGI
AllowOverride Limit
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

hope that works for ya

thank you for your help so far but it will not let me save any changes i make to httpd.conf and as far as i am awrae i am running as root

have changed the file and nave saved my little cgi file in cgi-bin but it wont run. the browser just shows the code.

chmod the file to 755.
Either that or you have to set up apache to process files that are .cgi as cgi files.

Do you have perl installed?

how would i go about doing that?

Nope - using python.