cant get perl working with apache2

Garda · 09-28-2005, 09:31 PM

am using apache2 on debian.

i added these two lines into my apache2.conf

Code:

AddHandler cgi-script .pl
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi-bin/

and in /var/www/cgi-bin/ i put the following little hello world file

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html><h1>Hello World</h1></html>\n";

but when i try localhost/cgi-bin/hello.pl in my browser it says it cant find
anything. i have also tried

chmod -R 755 cgi-bin

but still doesn't work

aznluvsmc · 09-28-2005, 10:27 PM

Double check that hello.pl actually has the execute permission. Also, tail the error_log for what the error message is according to Apache. Personally, I think the AddHandler directive must be placed within a container directive such as <Directory>. I'm not sure where you placed yours. You may actually need to get rid of the <ScriptAlias> directive and use

Code:

Alias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi-bin/

<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/">
  Options +ExecCGI
  AddHandler cgi-script .pl
</Directory>