I am running apache2 (as installed through a fresh Mandrake 9.1 distribution), and am having a problem I am unsire how to solve.

I am making a website using the WebGUI CMS package, which uses a file called "index.pl" as its entrypoint. When I open this page, rather than have that .pl file executed, I am shown it as if it is text.

The install directions for WebGUI says I should add the following to my vhost definition:
However, as seen here, I'm not getting much luck.
My complete vhost entry is:
Can anyone try to get me pointed in the right direction with this? The closest I've come... I -think- the <Files> section there is perhaps valid for Apache 1.3 but not for 2.0, however I am unsire what to change. Configuring Apache definitely is not my strong point.

ok.
It's not just you. I get the same thing. I too am installing WebGUI under a vHost.

My configuration is slightly different...

<VirtualHost 192.168.1.25>
DocumentRoot /home/WebGUI/public_html/
ServerName WebGUI.devenv.net
Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
User apache
Group apache
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.pl
</IfModule>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
HostnameLookups On
ErrorLog /home/WebGUI/logs/error_log
CustomLog /home/WebGUI/logs/access_log common
</VirtualHost>

...but I get the same error:
$> apachectl configtest
Checking configuration sanity for Apache 1.3: Syntax error on line 12 of /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/bizeserv.conf:
Invalid command 'PerlHandler', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration [ FAILED ]
Checking configuration sanity for Apache 1.3/mod_perl (running in proxied mode): [ OK ]

I'm going over to WebGUI's site to see if any else is having this problem.

Devin.

Im also getting the same or a very similar error, [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skippingSyntax error on line 299 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'ExecCGI', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

If you find a solution could you let me know if thats okay

Thanks
David

Heilpern,

Some example syntax differences between apache2 and 1.3

1.3 example

<Location /foo>

SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
Options ExecCGI
PerlSendHeader On
PerlSetupEnv On
</Location>

apache2 example

<Location /foo>

SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry
Options +ExecCGI
PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
</Location>


HTH

Mad.

well, there is a line in apache 2 to where you tell apache what files to treat as cgi by extension in your httpd.conf file.

there's an AddHandler cgi-script line. mines around line 860 and it looks like:

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

this tells apache to execute resource requests for *.cgi and *.pl files.

Hi im new so i shall probably hit some other problems but anyway thanks a bunch m8, thats got rid of that error ...... great

Basically the original config I had that was generating an ERROR was

<Directory "/var/www/html">

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
+ExecCGI MultiViews <----------------This was the error
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

To fix I did

<Directory "/var/www/html">

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI MultiViews <----------- Notice that now ExecCGI is on the options line .... silly me :-)
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Cheers
David